# Who is Serhii Kuznetsov, the Ukrainian on trial over the Nord Stream blast?

https://mins.news/en/video/100256

- BBC News, 2026-10-14 18:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BhIf1GGbk4

> Ukrainian Serhii Kuznetsov is on trial in Hamburg, accused of helping blow up Russia’s Nord Stream gas pipelines to Germany. Prosecutors say he played a leading role in the sabotage team and accuse him of a war crime; his defence has asked for the case to be dismissed.

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