๐ฉ๐ช๐บ๐ฆGermany puts a Ukrainian officer on trial for blowing up Nord Stream as a WAR CRIME ordered by Kyiv
Serhii K. will walk into a Hamburg courtroom today as the first person ever tried for the 2022 blasts that cut Germany off from the pipeline that once carried half its gas imports.
Prosecutors say he coordinated a seven-man team that sailed from Rรผgen on a rented yacht, the Andromeda, and planted four timed charges, all โon behalf of state authorities in Ukraine.โ
The hardest evidence is a phone call Italian police recorded between him and his wife, in which he allegedly called the sabotage an official military operation.
He says heโs innocent, Kyiv denies everything, and his former commander says Germany has no proof.
The verdict could land in February in a country where the AfD, which wants weapons shipments to Ukraine stopped, now leads the polls over a coalition that has lost its majority.
A ruling that Kyiv bombed German infrastructure wonโt end the aid overnight, but it hands the AfD the argument itโs been waiting for.
Source: DW / Writers: Daniel, Lucas