NORD STREAM SABOTAGE: Ukrainian Accused of Blowing Up Russian Gas Pipelines Goes on Trial in Germany...

A Ukrainian man goes on trial Wednesday in Hamburg for allegedly sabotaging Russia's Nord Stream pipelines in September 2022, an attack that destroyed three of four gas lines in the Baltic Sea and severed a major energy supply to Germany. Serhii K, extradited from Italy last year, is accused by German prosecutors of plotting with Ukrainian military personnel to cut off Russian war financing, though he denies involvement and Ukraine's government denies any state role. The trial creates diplomatic tension: Germany is Ukraine's closest European ally since Russia's 2022 invasion, yet Berlin's courts have proceeded with charges that Kyiv views as unproven and politically weaponized.