Polizei-News Karlsruhe, 19.08.26: Arrest in Relation to the Suspected Sabotage Against the "Nord Stream" Gas Pipelines

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This morning (19 August 2026), the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office had

Ukrainian national Vladimir Z.

arrested in Pula (Croatia) by local police forces under the coordination of the Zagreb General Police Directorate in execution of a European Arrest Warrant issued by the Investigating Judge at the Federal Court of Justice on 3 June 2024.

The above-mentioned individual is strongly suspected of jointly causing explosions (section 308 para. 1 of the German Criminal Code [StGB]), anti-constitutional sabotage (section 88 para. 1 no. 3 StGB), and destruction of buildings and structures (section 305 para. 1 StGB).

In essence, the arrest warrant sets out the following allegations:

Vladimir Z. is a trained scuba diver. He was part of a group of individuals - surrounding separately prosecuted Serhii K. - that planted explosives on the "Nord Stream 1" and "Nord Stream 2" gas pipelines near the island of Bornholm in September 2022. The suspect participated in the necessary dives. To this end, he and his co-perpetrators departed from Rostock on board a sailing yacht. Intermediaries had previously rented the yacht from a German company with falsified IDs. The explosives detonated on 26 September 2022, causing substantial damages to both pipelines.

The suspect shall be brought before the Investigating Judge at the Federal Court of Justice upon his extradition from Croatia.

The Federal Public Prosecutor's office filed an indictment against Serhii K. before the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court in Hamburg on 30 June 2026 (see press release no. 41 of 2 July 2026).

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