HAMBURG, November 4. /TASS/. The Hamburg Higher Regional Court has scheduled another 19 hearings in the case concerning the sabotage of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines, extending the trial until at least mid-June 2027, the court’s press spokeswoman, Judge Mareike Franzen, told reporters.

According to the updated schedule, hearings will take place between February and June next year. A total of 19 additional hearings have been scheduled: six in February, three in March, four in April, five in May, and one in June. The hearings will begin between 9:00 and 9:30 a.m. local time and conclude at either 3:00 or 4:00 p.m.

On October 14, four years after the terrorist attack, the first trial in the Nord Stream sabotage case began at the Hamburg Higher Regional Court. Proceedings on the merits began on October 27. Former Ukrainian Armed Forces special operations officer Sergey Kuznetsov is standing trial. He is charged with a war crime, as well as carrying out explosions, destroying structures, and disrupting the operations of public utilities. Kuznetsov was detained in Italy in August 2025 and extradited to Germany.