Germany Issues Arrest Warrant for Man Suspected of Bombing the Nord Stream Pipelines

                 In June 2024, Germany issued an arrest warrant for Volodymyr Zhuravlov, a Ukrainian man suspected of being involved in the bombing of the Nord Stream gas pipelines on September 26, 2022, to Poland. German officials believe Volodymyr, who is a diving expert, was a member of the group that placed the explosives on the pipelines. Volodymyr fled Poland due to Germany’s failure to include his name in a database of wanted persons and his current whereabouts are unknown. According to Anna Adamiak, the Polish National Public Prosecutor’s Office spokesperson, “Free crossing of the Polish-Ukrainian border by the above-mentioned person was possible because German authorities … did not include him in the database of wanted persons, which meant that the Polish Border Guard had no knowledge and no grounds to detain Volodymyr Z.”