Second suspect in 2022 Nord Stream blast arrested: German prosecutors

BERLIN -- A second Ukrainian suspect has been arrested in Croatia in connection with the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines, Germany's Office of the Federal Prosecutor announced on Wednesday.

The suspect, identified as Ukrainian national Vladimir Z., was detained in the Croatian coastal city of Pula according to a European arrest warrant.

Prosecutors alleged that the suspect, a trained diver, belonged to a team that used a rented sailing yacht to plant explosives on the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea in September 2022.

The first Ukrainian national, identified as Serhii K., was arrested in Italy and then indicted by German prosecutors in June.