Serhii K was part of a group that planted devices on the pipelines near the Danish island of Bornholm, the German prosecutor’s office said.Italian police have arrested a Ukrainian man suspected of coordinating the attacks on the Nord Stream pipelines, Germany’s prosecutor general said.The suspect, identified only as Serhii K under German privacy laws, will be brought before a German judge after being extradited, the prosecutor general said on Thursday.Viewed by both Russia and the West as an act of sabotage, no one has claimed responsibility for explosions that severely damaged pipelines carrying gas from Russia to Europe in September 2022, marking a major escalation in the Ukraine conflict and ramping up an energy supply crisis on the continent.Serhii K was part of a group of people who planted devices on the pipelines near the Danish island of Bornholm, a statement from the prosecutor’s office said.He and his accomplices had set off from Rostock on Germany’s northeastern coast in a sailing yacht to carry out the attack, it said, adding that the vessel had been rented from a German company with the help of forged identity documents via middlemen.Authorities acted on a European arrest warrant for the suspect, who faces charges of collusion to cause an explosion, anti-constitutional sabotage and destruction of buildings.According to German investigators, the Ukrainian suspect played a coordinating role in the operation rather than being …
