Ukrainian who is considered suspected of coordinating attacks on conductors Nord stream had served in her secret services Ukraine And in the special forces of the Ukrainian army, according to Sky News.

It is recalled that a 49 -year -old man named Serhii K was arrested in northern Italy yesterday after a European arrest warrant.

It is not known if it still served at the time of the attack on the pipeline in 2022 and the Ukrainian government denies any involvement in the explosions, Sky News notes.

According to sources near the case, the suspect had been found at a three-star hotel we are named La Pescaccia in San Clemente, in the province of Rimini.

When the Italian authorities invaded his bedroom, he did not try to resist arrest.

His bungalow was then investigated and hotel officials were questioned, but no further details or weapons were found, sources added according to Sky News.

The suspect arrived earlier this week on the Italian Coast of the Adriatic and the purpose of his journey was the vacation and found his two children and his wife.

At least one of the four people in his family had a travel ticket issued in Poland. Serhii crossed the Italian border with his car with a Ukrainian license plate last Tuesday.

He traveled with his passport and used his true identity to check-in at the hotel, triggering a police server, according to agency sources.

After the arrest, he was taken to the Rimini Police Department and has today been transferred to a prison in Bologna, the capital’s capital, pending the decision of the Court of Appeal to issue it.

Bologna Deputy Prosecutor Licia Scagliarini has accepted the demands of the German judicial authorities for the surrender of the suspect, but according to Sky News, the man told the Court of Appeal that he was not consenting to his surrender to Germany. This could delay the version. At the moment, Judge Bologna should decide.

Denies the categories

In the meantime, he also denied the accusations and said he was in Ukraine during sabotage in the pipelines. He added that he is currently in Italy for family reasons.

The next hearing will take place on September 3, the court said. On that date, the Court of Appeal will decide whether or not to be issued in Germany. Until then, he will remain in prison.

During his departure from the court today, he was seen to make a typical Ukrainian nationalist gesture in the media out of the court.

In Germany, he will face charges of conspiracy to challenge, sabotage and destruction of infrastructure.

German prosecutors believe they were a member of a group of people who placed explosive mechanisms in the pipelines near the Bornholm island in September 2022.

Serhii and his associates allegedly started from Rostok on the northeast coast of Germany with a sailing boat to attack.

The explosions caused serious damage to three pipelines carrying natural gas from Russia to Europe.

Escalation

This incident had been a significant escalation of the conflict in Ukraine and the deterioration of the energy supply crisis of Epirus.

According to a report by the US Secret Services leaked in 2023, behind the attack was a pro -Puppet group.

However, no team ever took responsibility.