Poland has received a European arrest warrant issued by Germany in the case of suspected sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea, a spokeswoman for the Polish prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday.
The suspect is a Ukrainian citizen who was last known to be in Poland after entering the country from Ukraine in July, the spokeswoman said.
He was not found during a search of the house, she said.
German newspapers Die Zeit and Süddeutsche Zeitung, along with public broadcaster ARD, previously reported that German prosecutors had obtained an arrest warrant for a Ukrainian man believed to be in Poland.
Russian natural gas had previously flowed to Germany via Nord Stream 1. Nord Stream 2 was not yet operational at the time of the explosions due to the large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine and subsequent political conflicts.
Authorities in several countries began investigating the case, but Denmark and Sweden have since dropped their investigations. Speculation about what caused the incident and who was responsible has been going on for almost two years.
