A suspect has finally been charged with the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipeline in 2022.
German prosecutors on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant for a Ukrainian man in connection to the pipeline attack. Polish prosecutors confirmed that they have received the warrant for this individual and are working to locate him.
But the oddest part of this warrant is the name behind it. German investigators said the man they are searching for is a Ukrainian diver who goes by the name “Volodymyr Z.”
Polish law does not allow for the full name of suspects in criminal investigations to be released, so the shortened last name had many thinking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was involved somehow.
Ukraine’s presidential adviser has since commented on the warrant, affirming that the Ukrainian government had “nothing to do with the Nord Stream explosions.”
Two Ukrainian diving instructors were also identified in Germany’s investigation, but no arrest warrants have been issued for them as of yet.