(CN) — German prosecutors on Wednesday set out to convict a former Ukrainian army officer they accuse of overseeing an operation to blow up Russia’s Nord Stream pipelines in September 2022, one of Europe’s biggest acts of sabotage since World War II.
The politically charged trial opened at the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court in Hamburg under tight security. Proceedings are expected to continue through early next year.
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