German federal prosecutors have formally filed criminal charges against a Ukrainian national suspected of involvement in the sabotage of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines.
The indictment, announced on Thursday, accuses the individual of being an accomplice to war crimes and causing explosions that destroyed the underwater infrastructure in 2022.
According to media reports citing prosecutors, the investigation has uncovered details regarding the logistics of the attack.
The charges allege that the sabotage team utilized a sailing yacht, rented with forged documents, to transport explosives to the pipeline sites.
This development provides new operational context to the long-running inquiry into the destruction of the energy infrastructure.
The filing represents a critical step in the legal proceedings surrounding the Nord Stream blasts, which have remained a focal point of geopolitical tension between Europe and Russia.