Ukrainian Wanted Over Nord Stream Explosions Detained in Poland

The man, identified only as Volodymyr Z., is wanted by German authorities over his alleged part in the 2022 blasts.

Gas bubbles from the Nord Stream 2 pipeline near Bornholm, Denmark, on Sept. 27, 2022. Danish Defence Command/Handout via Reuters

A Ukrainian man wanted in Germany over his alleged involvement in the explosions that ruptured the Nord Stream pipelines in 2022 has been detained in Poland, prosecutors said on Sept. 30.

The suspect, identified only as Volodymyr Z. because of German privacy laws, was arrested in Pruszkow, a town near the Polish capital Warsaw, under a European arrest warrant issued in Germany, according to Polish radio station RMF24.