A Polish court considered Friday whether to extradite a Ukrainian man suspected by German prosecutors of involvement in the 2022 attack on the Nord Stream gas pipelines, a case that has potential to cause diplomatic friction between Warsaw and Berlin.
The 46-year-old suspect, who has been identified only as Volodymyr Z. in line with local privacy rules, was arrested near Warsaw Sept. 30 on a German warrant. German prosecutors have described him as a trained diver and allege that he was part of a group that placed explosives on the pipelines near the Danish island of Bornholm three years ago.
