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 "Andromeda" sailing yacht, designed for a maximum of 11 passengers and equipped with six cabins; The ship was chartered in Rostock in northern Germany starting on August 27, 2022, and the witness emphasized that the alleged saboteurs paid most of the wages in cash; According to the investigation materials, seven people initially planned to be on board; Suspected 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 explosion of the gas pipelines. 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. Stream a trial.

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 "Andromeda" sailing yacht, designed for a maximum of 11 passengers and equipped with six cabins; The ship was chartered in Rostock in northern Germany starting on August 27, 2022, and the witness emphasized that the alleged saboteurs paid most of the wages in cash; According to the investigation materials, seven people initially planned to be on board; Suspected 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 explosion of the gas pipelines. 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. Stream a trial.