A Polish court has extended the detention of a Ukrainian diver wanted by Germany over suspected involvement in the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage.
The court ordered on Monday that Volodymyr Z. remain in custody for an additional 40 days while a decision is made on whether to extradite him to Germany under a European arrest warrant.
Volodymyr Z. was arrested near Warsaw last Tuesday. Initially, Polish authorities had ordered a seven-day detention while examining Germany’s request. The extension keeps him in custody as investigations proceed.
German security services have charged the diver with sabotage, alleging he played a role in the underwater explosions that damaged the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines in the Baltic Sea.
The blasts destroyed three of four pipelines in the system, which had a total capacity of 110 billion cubic metres of gas per year. At the time, all pipelines were inactive due
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