"A Polish court has blocked the extradition of a Ukrainian diver wanted by Germany in connection with the 2022 Nord Stream gas pipeline explosions, a handover that Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said earlier this month was not in his country's best interests. The Warsaw District Court rejected the extradition of the man, only identified as Volodymyr Z, on Friday and ordered his immediate release."
"Tusk has said the problem was not that the undersea pipelines, which run from Russia to Germany, were blown up in September 2022, but that they were built at all. The explosions ruptured the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which was inaugurated in 2011 and carried Russian natural gas to Germany under the Baltic Sea until Russia cut off supplies in August 2022."
"Germany's top prosecutors' office says Volodymyr Z was one of a group suspected of renting a sailing yacht and planting explosives on the pipelines near the Danish island of Bornholm. He faces allegations of conspiring to commit an explosives attack and of anti-constitutional sabotage. His Polish lawyer rejects the accusations and says Volodymyr Z has done nothing wrong."
Polish courts rejected extradition and ordered immediate release of a Ukrainian diver identified as Volodymyr Z, who Germany sought over suspected involvement in the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline explosions. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said earlier that handing the diver over was not in Poland's best interests and stated that the problem lay in the pipelines having been built. The explosions ruptured Nord Stream 1 and damaged Nord Stream 2, disrupting Russian gas supplies to Europe and escalating the Ukraine conflict. German prosecutors allege Volodymyr Z helped rent a sailing yacht and plant explosives near Bornholm and faces charges including conspiracy and anti-constitutional sabotage. His Polish lawyer denies the allegations and disputes aspects of the case.
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