“The detainee will be in custody at least a week, and his lawyer has already declared an intention to appeal the decision”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“He was detained for seven days, and it is difficult to agree with this decision,” Timoteusz Paprotsky, quoted by DPA, told reporters.
According to him, his client lives in Poland for three and a half years and has a real Polish residence permit.
The lawyer also reported that the decision would be challenged.
According to RMF FM, the prosecutor’s office is expected to receive documentation translated into Polish within a week, after which investigators will prepare and may be supported by the request for extradition of Vladimir Z. to Germany.
The day before it became known about the detention of a Ukrainian in Poland on suspicion of involvement in the blast of the Nord Stream. This is the second arrest of a citizen of Ukraine after the arrest in Italy last month in connection with the explosion on the gas pipeline.
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German law enforcement officers believe that the individuals of all participants of the “sabotage group” have been identified, all of them – citizens of Ukraine. The investigation states that Germany identified seven people who made the blasting of the Nord Streams in 2022: these are four divers, including one woman – a record holder of Ukraine for deep -sea dives. The group also included explosives, skipper and coordinator.
Germany issued six arrest warrants. The seventh suspect – a Ukrainian serviceman who was trained in Germany and, according to some reports, died at the front in Ukraine.
The explosive device worked on September 26, 2022. As a result of the explosions, both gas pipelines were seriously damaged – three threads of four were destroyed.
The gas pipeline was built to supply Russian gas to Western Europe. The line is not recoverable. Investigations of Sweden, Denmark and Germany have shown that gas pipelines have been undermined, but the perpetrators were still being installed.
Russia does not take part in investigation. Moscow was responsible for what happened in the United States and their allies. They deny their involvement.
Numerous Western media wrote that explosions were organized by people associated with Ukrainian special services. Kyiv denies the accusation of sabotage.
The German Prosecutor’s Office emphasized that it was a serious attack on Germany’s energy infrastructure – regardless of the political motives of those who made undermined.
The Nord Stream gas pipelines came under EU sanctions this year, as EU countries have recognized them with a potential tool for Moscow’s pressure on Europe.