Overview
- Defense lawyer Nicola Canestrini said Serhii Kuznietsov will be surrendered to German authorities within days after the Court of Cassation’s ruling.
- German prosecutors have filed counts including collusion to cause an explosion, anti-constitutional sabotage, and destruction of important structures.
- Extradition documents allege the suspect organized the placement and detonation of at least four bombs weighing 14–27 kilograms at depths of 70–80 meters near Bornholm on Sept. 26, 2022.
- Prosecutors say forged documents were used to charter a yacht that departed from Rostock, while the defendant denies involvement and claims military service in Ukraine at the time.
- The case proceeds as a Polish court recently refused to extradite a different Ukrainian suspect sought by Germany and ordered his release.