Polish court ruled today that Ukrainian wanted by Germany as suspected of involvement in explosions that caused great damage to the gas pipeline Nord stream He must remain in custody for another 40 days, as his lawyer said.

THE Volodimir Z. He was arrested near Warsaw last Tuesday and the court decided that his detention should continue for seven days. The court has today decided to extend his detention until a decision was made on whether or not to be transferred to Germany on the basis of a European arrest warrant.

The explosions, which were characterized as a deed act of sabotage by the Moscow And from the West, they marked a escalation in the conflict in Ukraine and compressed the energy supply. No one has taken responsibility for the explosions and Ukraine denied that he had any role.

Another Ukrainian who is suspected of coordinating the attacks was arrested in Italy in August and plans to fight against his departure in Germany.

“The court has rejected the prosecutor’s request for a 100 -day preliminary ruling, ordering 40 days to be held,” Volodimir Z. Timotteuz Paprotsky told reporters.

Paprotsky said before that his client has not done anything ephemeral and will declare innocent.

A court spokesman said he would remain in custody until November 9th.

The office of Germany’s Supreme Public Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement earlier that the diver was a member of a group of people who are suspected of renting a sailboat and exploded in the pipelines carrying natural gas from Russia to Germany, near the island of Borne.

He faces charges of conspiracy to attack explosives and “unconstitutional sabotage”, the German prosecutors added.