Reversal: Warsaw court blocks extradition of Volodymyr Z

A Warsaw district court blocked the extradition of the Ukrainian suspect known as Volodymyr Z to Germany and ordered his immediate release. He is 46 and has been described as a trained diver, arrested near Warsaw on September 30 under a European arrest warrant on allegations he was part of a team that placed explosives near Bornholm in 2022. The court said it was deciding only on extradition, not guilt.

Judge Dariusz Lubowski cited insufficient evidence in the German submission, saying the material was too general, and found Germany lacked jurisdiction because the blasts occurred in international waters. He classified the operation as a wartime military act that would not constitute a crime and said that if it were done on behalf of Ukraine, responsibility would rest with the state rather than the individual. The ruling can be appealed.

AI-synthesized from multiple reported sources