Polish court blocks extradition and frees Ukrainian suspected in pipeline blasts

Volodymyr Zhuravlov appeared at Warsaw District Court (Czarek Sokolowski/AP)

A Polish court has blocked the extradition to Germany of a Ukrainian man suspected of involvement in the 2022 attack on the Nord Stream gas pipelines and ordered his release, a ruling welcomed by Poland’s prime minister.

Volodymyr Zhuravlov, 46, was arrested near Warsaw on September 30 on a German warrant.