Croatia detains Ukrainian Volodymyr Zhuravlev, one of the suspects in Nord Stream pipeline bombing
Croatian investigators have detained a second suspect in the 2022 bombing of the Nord Stream gas pipeline system, the German public broadcaster ARD reported.
Croatian authorities have apprehended a second suspect in the 2022 bombing of the Nord Stream gas pipelines, according to the German public broadcaster ARD. The detainee, identified as Volodymyr Zh., is believed to be one of the divers who attached explosives to the pipeline strands in the Baltic Sea. German prosecutors had previously tracked Zhuravlev down in Poland last year before seeking his extradition.
Despite Poland refusing to extradite him to Germany in October 2025, Croatian investigators have now detained Zhuravlev, who is a Ukrainian citizen and a diving instructor. German authorities suspect that Zhuravlev, 49, directly participated in the September 2022 bombing. He, along with other participants, is alleged to have set out from the city of Rostock on a yacht and then descended underwater to plant explosives on the pipeline.
Zhuravlev has denied any involvement, claiming he was in Ukraine during the bombings. Another suspect, Serhiy Kuznetsov, a retired Ukrainian army captain, was previously detained in Italy and is set to be extradited to Germany in November 2025.
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