Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski reportedly considered offering asylum to a Ukrainian national wanted in Germany in connection with the sabotage of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines. According to the newspaper Rzeczpospolita, Sikorski even suggested awarding the suspect with a state order.

Sources told the outlet that during talks the minister reiterated his readiness to provide shelter in Poland to Vladimir Zh., who is accused by German authorities of involvement in the explosions.

Earlier, Die Zeit reported that German investigators had identified all members of the group behind the sabotage. Prosecutors believe the team consisted of a skipper, a coordinator, an explosives specialist, and four divers. They allegedly sailed from Rostock on the yacht Andromeda into the Baltic Sea toward the site of the blasts.

German courts have already issued arrest warrants for six Ukrainian citizens. A seventh suspect was reported by the media to have died in eastern Ukraine in December 2024. Diving instructor Vladimir Zh. managed to leave Poland in July of that year, escaping to Ukraine in a vehicle belonging to the Ukrainian military attaché in Warsaw after Germany had issued a warrant for his detention.

Polish prosecutors later explained that the suspect had not been added to the border service’s database, which allowed him to cross the frontier without obstruction.