# Lawyers argue Nord Stream may have been a lawful target

https://mins.news/en/video/100357

- France 24 English, 2026-10-14 19:56 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGE09qoADHU

> At the start of a trial in Germany, lawyers for a Ukrainian former military officer accused of leading the September 2022 bombing of Russia’s Nord Stream pipeline argued that “an aggressor’s infrastructure” could be a lawful target.

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