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Germany seeks to extradite Ukrainian diver over 2022 Nord Stream gas pipeline attack

A photo released by the Danish Defence Command showing the gas leak at the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in September 2022.
A photo released by the Danish Defence Command showing the gas leak at the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in September 2022. Photograph: Danish Defence/AFP/Getty Images

Germany is seeking to extradite a Ukrainian man arrested in Poland on suspicion of diving down to the Baltic sea bed to plant explosives in the 2022 Nord Stream gas pipeline attack.

The man, identified in Polish media reports as Volodymyr Z and by Germany as Vladimir Z, is described as a trained diver and is sought by investigators in Germany, who believe he was part of a group that sabotaged the pipeline, consisting of the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines.

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