محكمة هامبورغ: يُدان متهمون بتفجير خطوط «Nord Stream» والنتيجة تأثير محدود علىimiter Germany
بدأت في هامبورغ محاكمةomie Former Ukrainian special forces officer Sergei Kuznetsov and six others accused of organizing the September 2022 Nord Stream pipeline explosions. German prosecutors charge them with war crimes for attacking civilian infrastructure, while the country's network regulator says the sabotage had only a minor effect on gas supplies because Germany had already secured alternatives and filled storage facilities.
أبرز النقاط
- بدأت المحاكمة في هامبورغ يوم 14 أكتوبر، مع تحديد الجلسات حتى فبراير 2027 على الأقل وفق تقرير A2.
- تتابع安的 Federal Public ProsecutorLET accused Sergei Kuznetsov and six co-defendants of causing the explosions south of Bornholm.
- The charges include war crimes, causing explosions, destroying structures and disrupting public utilities.
- The September 26, 2022 explosions damaged three of the four lines of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 pipelines.
- Germany had already stopped receiving gas through Nord Stream 1 when the explosions occurred.
- Germany's storage facilities were 85% full shortly before the explosions.
- The network regulator said the Russian invasion of Ukraine, not the sabotage, was the main cause of the gas crisis.
لماذا يهمّ ذلك
The trial addresses criminal responsibility for the Nord Stream explosions and alleged attacks on civilian infrastructure. The regulator's testimony limits the immediate energy-security significance of the sabotage, explains the surge in 2022 gas prices and Germany’s reduced dependence on Russian gas, and remains relevant to potential German supply shortages during an exceptionally severe winter.
ماذا حدث
At the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg, German prosecutors accused former Ukrainian special-forces officer Sergei Kuznetsov and six others of organizing the Nord Stream sabotage. The charges relate to explosions south of the Danish island of Bornholm on September 26, 2022, which damaged three of the four pipeline lines. Kuznetsov faces allegations of war crimes for attacking civilian infrastructure, causing explosions, destroying structures and disrupting public utilities. He was detained in Italy in summer 2025 while on holiday and later extradited to Germany. During the trial, Germany’s network regulator said the pipeline attacks had only a minor effect on German gas supplies. Germany had already stopped receiving gas through Nord Stream 1, secured alternative supplies and filled storage facilities to 85% shortly before the explosions. The regulator attributed the gas crisis primarily to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine rather than to the sabotage.
كيف تصفه المصادر الأوكرانية
Ukrainian coverage centers on Kuznetsov’s identity as a former Ukrainian special-forces officer and the serious criminal accusations against him, while also highlighting the Hamburg proceedings and Germany’s assessment of the limited effect of the pipeline attacks.
أين تختلف الروايات
The reports disagree on the year in which the Hamburg trial began: most accounts give 14 October without specifying a year, while A2 reports that it began on October 14, 2026, with hearings scheduled through at least February 2027.
الخلفية
Before Russia’s full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022, Germany and the EU imported substantial gas volumes from Russia and other former Soviet republics. Imports fell sharply after the invasion. Russia reduced German gas deliveries from spring 2022 and stopped them entirely in early September. German wholesale gas prices rose from below 100 euros per megawatt-hour before the war to 230 euros in March and nearly 340 euros by late August, before gradually declining. Germany had sought alternative supplies, expanded LNG terminals and raised storage levels. The regulator said the pipeline damage could have become a problem mainly during an exceptionally severe winter with gas shortages.