乌克兰前军官因北溪管道爆炸案在德国受审米兰达·默里汉堡，10月14日 — — 一名乌克兰前军官将于周三在德国受审，被指控组织了秘密行动，导致2022年9月北溪天然气管道爆炸，切断了西欧最大的俄罗斯天然气供应来源。
Ukrainian ex-officer stands trial in Germany over Nord Stream bombing By Miranda Murray HAMBURG, Oct 14 - A Ukrainian ex-military officer goes on trial in Germany on Wednesday, accused of organising the secret operation that blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines in September 2022, severing western Europe from the biggest source of Russian natural gas.
该嫌疑人根据德国隐私规定仅被识别为谢尔希·K.，被指控领导了一支由潜水员和爆炸专家组成的乌克兰特工小组，实施了现代史上规模最大的基础设施破坏行动之一。
The suspect, identified under German privacy rules only as Serhii K., is accused of leading a group of Ukrainian agents including divers and an explosives expert to mount one of the biggest infrastructure sabotage operations of modern times.
此案将首次提供公开审理证据的机会，这些证据是在多年调查中收集的。尽管调查线索将基辅与该案件联系起来，但德国政府仍坚定支持乌克兰，这在外交和政治上显得尴尬。
The case will provide the first opportunity for a public hearing of evidence gathered during a years-long investigation, which has been diplomatically and politically awkward for a German government that remains staunchly supportive of Ukraine despite the investigative trail linking Kyiv to the crime.
检方指控，谢尔希·K.去年在意大利因国际通缉令被捕，他与其他军方成员合作，代表未被命名的乌克兰国家实体策划了此次秘密行动。
Prosecutors have alleged that Serhii K., who was arrested under an international warrant in Italy last year, worked with other members of the military to plan the clandestine operation on behalf of unidentified Ukrainian state entities.
谢尔希·K.否认参与了导致长1200公里（750英里）的波罗的海海底管道 ruptured 的爆炸。
Serhii K. has denied any involvement in the blasts that ruptured the 1,200-km (750-mile)-long Baltic Sea pipeline.
基辅政府也否认了任何参与，这是其与德国关系中的敏感点，德国是乌克兰在欧洲最大的军事援助供应国。俄罗斯政府周一表示，期待一个“公正的裁决”，以揭露肇事者及下达命令者的姓名。
The government in Kyiv has also denied any involvement, a sensitive point in its relations with Germany, Ukraine's largest European supplier of military aid. The Russian government said on Monday it expected a "just verdict" that would reveal the names of the perpetrators and those who ordered the operation.
德国检方称，谢尔希·K.被指控的行为 — — 袭击平民目标并造成爆炸，摧毁基础设施并破坏公共服务 — — 将构成战争罪。所谓的目的是在俄乌全面冲突当年早些时候发动之后，破坏俄罗斯的主要外汇收入来源。
German prosecutors say the actions Serhii K. is accused of — attacking civilian targets and causing explosions that destroyed infrastructure and damaged public services — would amount to a war crime. The alleged aim was to disrupt a major source of foreign revenue for Russia after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, launched earlier that year.
他是唯一接受审判的人，但克罗地亚当局已逮捕另一名男子，该男子被确认名为弗拉基米尔·Z.，检方认为他是潜水团队成员之一。
He is the only person on trial, but Croatian authorities have arrested another man, identified as Vladimir Z., who prosecutors believe was one of the divers in the team.
北溪管道的爆炸标志着德国长期依赖俄罗斯天然气的结束，尽管莫斯科早在因柏林支持对俄罗斯的欧洲制裁而于2022年2月入侵乌克兰后就已切断了供应。
The explosion of Nord Stream sealed the end of Germany's longstanding dependence on Russian natural gas, although Moscow had already cut supplies over Berlin's support for European sanctions following Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
此前，德国有一半的天然气进口通过北溪1号管道输送，该管道是服务于西欧的最大且最现代化的俄罗斯管道，使俄罗斯能够绕过过境乌克兰的苏联时代管道。
Germany previously received half its natural gas imports through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, by far the biggest and most modern Russian pipeline serving western Europe, which allowed Russia to bypass Soviet-era pipelines transiting Ukraine.
随着双管线北溪2号管道的建成并计划投入使用，供应量原本有望翻倍，尽管该管道已建成，但柏林在俄罗斯入侵乌克兰前不久取消了其开通的批准。
The supply had been due to double with the opening of a twin pipeline, Nord Stream 2, already built although Berlin cancelled approval to open it just prior to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
甲烷气羽流 本次审判预计将持续到明年二月，也可能产生国内政治影响。德国极右翼选择党（AfD）在民意调查中已领先超过一年，该党呼吁停止对乌克兰的军事援助，并恢复与莫斯科的能源关系。
PLUMES OF METHANE GASE The trial, expected to continue into February next year, could also have domestic political implications. Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), leading in opinion polls for more than a year, has called for an end to military aid for Ukraine and a restoration of energy ties with Moscow.
在管道遭袭击的最初几个月里，西方官员主要将责任指向俄罗斯。莫斯科一直否认任何参与，并称其将自行炸毁管道的说法荒谬。它还否认近期通过所谓的“混合”破坏和无人机袭击针对西方基础设施的指控。
In the initial months after the pipelines were attacked, Western officials mainly pointed fingers at Russia. Moscow has always denied any involvement and called the suggestion it would blow up its own pipelines absurd. It also rejects charges that it has more recently targeted Western infrastructure with so-called "hybrid" sabotage and drone attacks.
北溪管道系统位于波罗的海海底80至110米深处，由俄罗斯天然气公司Gazprom建造，原设计用于向德国输送最高达1100亿立方米的天然气，曾是两国经济关系的核心。
The Nord Stream system, lying at a depth of 80 to 110 metres under the Baltic and built by Russian gas concern Gazprom to supply up to 110 billion cubic metres of gas to Germany, was formerly at the core of economic ties between the two countries.
2022年9月26日，瑞典地震学家检测到多次爆炸，其中一些相隔约17小时。这些爆炸导致大量甲烷气体喷入大气层，因为四条混凝土包覆钢制管道中的三条被破裂。
On September 26, 2022, several blasts, some 17 hours apart, were detected by Swedish seismologists. The blasts sent huge plumes of methane gas into the atmosphere as three of the four concrete-coated steel pipelines were ruptured.
检察官指控，谢尔希·K. 在袭击发生前大约三周，通过波兰前往德国，使用了一本伪造的乌克兰护照。
Prosecutors allege that Serhii K. travelled to Germany through Poland some three weeks before the attack, using a forged Ukrainian passport.
他们称他和他的团队租用了一艘在德国北部城市罗斯托克的帆船，前往靠近丹麦博恩霍尔姆岛的海域，在那里他们将专门的军用级爆炸装置安装了定时器后固定在海底。
They say he and his group used a sailboat hired in the northern German city of Rostock to reach an area close to the Danish island of Bornholm, where they rigged specialised military-grade explosives fitted with timers to the sea floor.
《每日镜报》杂志和德国公共电视台ZDF此前曾报道，租用的游艇“安德罗墨达号”上共有五名男子和一名女子，该游艇于2022年9月6日从罗斯托克出发，并于9月23日返回。
The weekly Der Spiegel magazine and ZDF public television have previously reported that five men and one woman were on the rented yacht Andromeda, which left Rostock on September 6 and returned on September 23, 2022.