Poland mulls transfer of suspect to Germany over Nord Stream blasts

Reprieve for suspect in Italy

A second Ukrainian suspect, "Serhii K.", won a reprieve on Wednesday when Italy’s top court upheld an appeal against his transfer on procedural grounds. That case will have to go before court again.

In Poland, courts can refuse to hand over suspects wanted under European arrest warrants if doing so would violate their human rights or if criminal proceedings for the same offence are already underway in Poland. Warsaw has launched its own investigation into the Nord Stream bombings, but Volodymyr Z. is a witness, not a suspect.

(Reporting by Marek Strzelecki, Anna Koper, and Barbara Erling in Warsaw; Sarah Marsh and Andreas Rinke in Berlin; Emilio Parodi in Milan; Writing by Alan Charlish; Editing by Alexander Smith)