Germany Nord Stream Trial
The defendant, Serhii Kuznietsov, left, stands near his attorneys during a trial at the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court, in Hamburg, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026.
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Defense lawyers for a former Ukrainian army officer charged with damaging the Nord Stream gas pipelines in blasts four years ago have called for the dismissal of charges in the first day of his trial. The trial that opened Wednesday in Hamburg centers on explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines linking Russia and Germany in what is considered one of Europe’s biggest acts of sabotage since World War II. Serhii Kuznietsov, 50, faces charges of causing an explosion, damaging property, disrupting public service and being an “accomplice to war crimes” by attacking civilian infrastructure.
