**The first hearing in the case against Ukrainian national Serhiy Kuznetsov, accused of coordinating the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines, was held in Hamburg**

He was arrested in Italy in August 2025 and later extradited to Germany, where prosecutors brought charges against him.

Key points:

The prosecutor told the court that Kuznetsov had acted on instructions from Ukrainian state authorities.

He has been charged with a war crime.

Kuznetsov declined to testify.

The hearing was the first of 24 scheduled to take place by the end of January 2027.

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