The Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines were blown up with at least four explosive charges fitted with timers, which, according to German investigators, were delivered into the Baltic Sea aboard the sailing yacht Andromeda.

Italian police have arrested a Ukrainian man suspected of coordinating the attacks on the Nord Stream gas pipelines in 2022, German prosecutors said on Thursday.

German prosecutors say a Ukrainian man has been arrested in Italy on suspicion of blowing up the Nord Stream gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea, several months after the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

The Nord Stream pipelines transport Russian gas to Europe and were blown up in September 2022 amid the war in Ukraine.

An Italian appeals court on Friday confirmed the arrest of a Ukrainian man suspected by Germany of coordinating attacks on three Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea in 2022, his lawyer said.

The Ukrainian arrested on suspicion of coordinating the Nord Stream pipeline attacks had links to Kyiv's intelligence agency, Sky News understands. Meanwhile, Russia has given its latest thoughts on any potential Putin-Zelenskyy meeting.

The former army officer is accused of heading a team that allegedly blew up the pipelines funneling Russian gas to Europe in 2022.

For the German government, the arrest comes at a very inopportune time. If the suspect reveals who was behind the attack, it could lead to serious tensions with Kiev and Washington.

MOSCOW - Russia has requested an urgent meeting of the United Nations (UN) Security Council on the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline explosions, following the arrest of a Ukrainian suspect in Italy, a senior Russian diplomat said Friday on social media.

A Ukrainian man suspected to be one of the coordinators of the undersea explosions in 2022 that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany has been arrested in Italy.

Serhii Kuznetsov, a Ukrainian national who was arrested in Italy on suspicion of involvement in the 2022 Nord Stream gas pipeline explosion, has denied the accusations, insisting he was in Ukraine at the time of the explosion.