A UKRAINIAN man has been arrested over the 2022 Nord Stream gas pipe explosion.

He is suspected of being one of the coordinators of the undersea blasts which severely damaged pipelines between Russia and Germany.

The suspect has been identified only as Serhii K after he was detained overnight by officers from a police station in Misano Adriatrico, near the Italian city of Rimini.

Germany's Justice Minister Stefanie Hubig called the arrest an "impressive success" for Germany's state prosecutors.

Two Nord Stream pipelines were damaged by explosions under the Baltic Sea between Denmark and Sweden almost three years ago.

The blasts caused four leaks as shocking images showed the twisted remains of the pipeline.

Footage showed twisted metal on the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, 262ft down in the

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