Ukrainian Suspect in Nord Stream Sabotage Arrested in Croatia
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- Meduza
- Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Volodymyr Zhuravlev, a Ukrainian citizen suspected of involvement in the bombing of the Nord Stream pipelines, was arrested in the Croatian city of Pula. According to the German outlet LTO, Zhuravlev was detained while working on a film about the sabotage. Meduza reports that the production is titled Snake Island, directed by Doug Liman and starring Sean Penn and Adrien Brody. The film crew had moved from Zagreb to Pula to likely film diving scenes, though LTO did not specify Zhuravlev's exact role on the set.
Germany issued an arrest warrant for Zhuravlev in 2024. While he was in Poland at the time, he left for Ukraine before the warrant could be enforced. He was later detained in Warsaw in 2025, but a Polish court refused to extradite him to Germany. This arrest follows the detention of another Ukrainian suspect, former captain Serhiy Kuznetsov, who was arrested in Italy in 2025 and later approved for extradition to Germany.
The Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines suffered leaks in the exclusive economic zone of Denmark in September 2022, with Swedish specialists finding traces of explosives. German investigators later identified six Ukrainian citizens as participants in the operation, including four divers, an explosives specialist, a ship captain, and a group leader.
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