The journalist asked the minister if, in his opinion, Poland should extradite Ukrainian Vladimir J. to Germany, who was arrested on October 1 for seven days.
“I believe that there are absolutely no grounds for any hasty actions. This is an extremely serious matter, and I believe that our prosecutor’s office and our court should carefully investigate it,” Semonyak said.
According to him, the investigation should take place “without any political pressure, without any haste.”
The minister emphasized that the court should be “absolutely confident” before making decisions, and recalled that Poland is a legal state.
“The Germans have the right to contact us, they had the right to issue an European order to arrest, but it was the Polish court that would make a decision,” Semonyak emphasized.
He stated that he believes in the “wisdom of judges” and that they will not act under political pressure or media pressure.
Vladimir Zh. Detained In the Polish city of Prushkuv.
Context
On the night of September 26, 2022, the North Stream and Northern Stream 2 gas pipelines flying along the bottom of the Baltic Sea recorded Underwater explosions And Gas leak. Defense Ministers of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland recognized the incident sabotage, traces of explosives were found on the spot. Investigation in 2024 They stopped without calling the culprits. Germany issued orders The arrest of seven Ukrainians suspected of involvement in the undermining.
The illegitimate president of the aggressor of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin stated that damage to the North Stream and North Stream 2 gas pipelines – 2 Organized Western countries, and the USA “are the main beneficiary.” Western countries deny their involvement in the incident. The office of the President of Ukraine believes that the sabotage on gas pipelines was beneficial to Russia, and deny involvement Kyiv.
