Italian police have arrested a Ukrainian man suspected of coordinating the attacks on the Nord Stream pipelines, Germany’s prosecutor general said.

The suspect, identified only as Serhii K under German privacy laws, will be brought before a German judge after being extradited, the prosecutor general said on Thursday.

Viewed by both Russia and the West as an act of sabotage , no one has claimed responsibility for explosions that severely damaged pipelines carrying gas from Russia to Europe in September 2022, marking a major escalation in the Ukraine conflict and ramping up an energy supply crisis on the continent.

Serhii K was part of a group of people who planted devices on the pipelines near the Danish island of Bornholm, a statement from the prosecutor’s office said.

He and his acc

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