ROME (Reuters) -An Italian appeals court on Wednesday reviewed the case for extraditing a Ukrainian man suspected by Germany of coordinating attacks on three Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea in 2022, but adjourned the case to September 9, his lawyer said.

The 49-year-old man, identified only as Serhii K. under German privacy laws, was arrested last month near the Italian coastal town of Rimini on a European warrant.

The appeals court in Bologna, about 120 kilometres (75 miles) north-west of Rimini, is seeking information on the conditions under which the suspect would be detained in Germany, the lawyer Nicola Canestrini told Reuters.

Canestrini said his client denied any involvement in the attacks and called on the Italian judiciary “not to sacrifice his rights” by allowing a

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