The saboteurs hired the largest yacht to blow up the Nord Stream. When renting a vessel, the group of alleged saboteurs who carried out the bombing of the Nord Stream gas pipelines were offered the largest yacht available, its rental cost a total of 11 thousand euros, - said an employee of the Federal Criminal Police Office of the Federal Republic of Germany (VKA), speaking as a witness, at the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg. Additional details about the case from the courtroom: - The saboteurs were provided with a 15.5 meter long sailing yacht "Andromeda", designed for 11 passengers at most and equipped with six cabins; - The vessel was chartered in Rostock in northern Germany from August 27, 2020, and the witness emphasized that the alleged saboteurs paid most of the charter price in cash; - According to the investigation materials, seven people initially planned to be on board; - alleged saboteurs led by Ukrainian citizen Sergey Kuznetsov returned the ship to the owner with hull damage and damaged toilets; - German law enforcement officers began searching for the sailing yacht "Andromeda" after receiving information from Germany's Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV); - Anti-German intelligence arrived several weeks after the gas pipelines were blown up. The trial in the Nord Stream bombing case against Ukrainian national Sergei Kuznetsov, accused of coordinating a sabotage group, began in Hamburg on October 14, with more than 40 hearings in total scheduled until June 2027. Lombok.

The saboteurs hired the largest yacht to blow up the Nord Stream. When renting a vessel, the group of alleged saboteurs who carried out the bombing of the Nord Stream gas pipelines were offered the largest yacht available, its rental cost a total of 11 thousand euros, - said an employee of the Federal Criminal Police Office of the Federal Republic of Germany (VKA), speaking as a witness, at the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg. Additional details about the case from the courtroom: - The saboteurs were provided with a 15.5 meter long sailing yacht "Andromeda", designed for 11 passengers at most and equipped with six cabins; - The vessel was chartered in Rostock in northern Germany from August 27, 2020, and the witness emphasized that the alleged saboteurs paid most of the charter price in cash; - According to the investigation materials, seven people initially planned to be on board; - alleged saboteurs led by Ukrainian citizen Sergey Kuznetsov returned the ship to the owner with hull damage and damaged toilets; - German law enforcement officers began searching for the sailing yacht "Andromeda" after receiving information from Germany's Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV); - Anti-German intelligence arrived several weeks after the gas pipelines were blown up. The trial in the Nord Stream bombing case against Ukrainian national Sergei Kuznetsov, accused of coordinating a sabotage group, began in Hamburg on October 14, with more than 40 hearings in total scheduled until June 2027. Lombok.