The first charge in the case of the sabotage of the 'Nord Streams': the federal prosecutor's office accuses the Ukrainian not only of undermining the constitutional order but also of committing a war crime, German media report. Ukrainian Sergey K. is believed to have played a key role in the sabotage of the 'Nord Stream' gas pipeline. He has been in custody for several months. Now, the Federal Prosecutor's Office of Germany has intensified the charges against him: instead of 'sabotage aimed at undermining the constitutional order,' it now concerns war crimes. This has been reported by Spiegel and ARD, citing internal sources. Ukrainian K. is considered one of the alleged organizers of the attacks on the gas pipelines from Russia in September 2022. Several explosions on the bottom of the Baltic Sea destroyed three of the four strands of the pipelines. Both pipelines run along the bottom of the Baltic Sea almost parallel to each other, from the Russian city of Vyborg to Lubmin near Greifswald in Germany, and have been severely damaged since then. At that time, the Federal Prosecutor's Office accused the Ukrainian of jointly organizing the explosion and of sabotage aimed at undermining the constitutional order. It was expected that he would stand trial in Hamburg. K. denies the charges. ## ## New Charge: War Crime Now, various media report that there is also a charge of war crime. According to the investigative group, K. led a sabotage group and commanded the sailing vessel 'Andromeda.' It is believed that the Ukrainian and several others approached the area of the attacks on the gas pipeline on it. According to Spiegel and ARD, the Federal Chief Prosecutor now assumes that there was an attack on civilian infrastructure. Under international criminal law, this could be classified as a war crime. This is the first charge in the case of the explosions on the 'Nord Stream' pipelines. Additionally, he is accused of organizing the explosion and destruction of facilities. The European arrest warrant led to K.'s detention in Italy last summer, as reported by Euronews. At that time, he was vacationing with his family on the Adriatic coast and apparently did not expect to be arrested. Since then, he has been in a high-security Italian prison.