"A Polish court on Friday will rule on whether to extradite to Germany a Ukrainian suspected of involvement in sabotaging the Nord Stream gas pipelines. A series of underwater explosions damaged the Nord Stream pipelines in September 2022, seven months after Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine. What did the Polish government say about the suspect? Earlier this month, Prime Minister Donald Tusk argued against handing over the suspect, identified only as Volodymyr Z., suggesting it was not in Poland's national interest."
"The extradition request has presented a dilemma for the centrist and pro-EU premier, who has been accused by the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) and the far-right Confederation party of bowing to German interests. The Warsaw regional prosecutors' spokesperson, Piotr Skiba, said that on legal grounds it would be difficult not to hand the suspect over to Germany. "It's very difficult to find any grounds on which we couldn't transfer him to the Germans," he said on Thursday."
"A series of underwater explosions damaged the Nord Stream pipelines in September 2022, seven months after Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine. The case presents a political dilemma for PM Donald Tusk. According to German media reports, the German Prosecutor's Office in Karlsruhe suspects a group of Ukrainians linked to Kyiv's secret service and military of having been behind the suspected attack."
A Polish court will decide whether to extradite a Ukrainian suspect, identified as Volodymyr Z., to Germany over alleged involvement in the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage. The pipelines were damaged by underwater explosions in September 2022, months after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Prime Minister Donald Tusk publicly opposed handing the suspect to Germany, calling the transfer contrary to Poland's national interest and criticizing the pipeline project. Prosecutors say legal grounds for refusing extradition appear weak. German investigators suspect a group of Ukrainians linked to Kyiv's services and military in the suspected attack.
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