Expert Links Nord Stream Fragments to Andromeda Yacht in Trial

Explosive Traces Found in Courtroom

Four years after the sabotage in the Baltic Sea, explosive residue matching materials used on the Andromeda yacht has been identified on metal fragments from the Nord Stream pipelines, reported on November 9, 2026.

The Hanseatic Higher Regional Court examined the physical evidence during proceedings against the suspected leader of the sabotage team. An expert from the Wiesbaden Forensic Institute presented photographs of the blasted remnants on a courtroom screen.

Military-Context Material Match

The analysis revealed tiny traces of an explosive substance predominantly utilized in military contexts. According to the BKA expert, traces of the same explosive were found on both the pipelines and the vessel.

Investigators maintain that the saboteurs packed the material into diving cylinders before mounting them externally onto the gas conduits. The high-seas-capable sailing yacht Andromeda, with space for eleven passengers, served as the vessel from which the divers operated in the Baltic Sea.

The Chartered Yacht Andromeda

It became known last week that a man with an apparently forged Romanian passport had chartered the Andromeda for several weeks at that time.

Defense attorneys submitted requests to halt proceedings against the defendant, but the motions were unsuccessful.

Trial of Serhii K

A fifty-year-old Ukrainian army soldier stands accused of leading the September 2022 sabotage operation. The indictment includes war crimes charges brought against the military officer.

The explosions occurred on September 26, 2022, on the pipelines designed to transport Russian natural gas to Germany. The suspect was apprehended last year in Italy.

Unresolved Questions Remain

Who is behind the sabotage? The proceedings at the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court continue.