First Nord Stream sabotage suspect goes on trial in Germany

A Hamburg court opened the trial of former Ukrainian special-forces officer Serhiy Kuznietsov on Wednesday, the first person tried over the September 2022 bombing of the Nord Stream gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea. Prosecutors say he led divers who planted explosives from a rented yacht; he faces charges including a war crime and will not testify, while his lawyers may argue the pipelines, which were not carrying gas at the time, were a legitimate military target. Kyiv has consistently denied ordering the sabotage, and a second suspect's extradition from Croatia is still contested.

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