We show that gluodynamics in an external Abelian electromagnetic field shouldpossess a deconfining phase transition at zero temperature. Our analyticalestimation of the critical external field is based on the dual superconductorpicture which is formulated in the Euclidean space suitable for latticecalculations. A dual superconductor model corresponding to the SU(2)gluodynamics possesses confinement and deconfinement phases below and,respectively, above the critical field. A dual superconductor model for theSU(3) gauge theory predicts a rich phase structure containing confinement,asymmetric confinement and deconfinement phases. The quark bound states inthese phases are analyzed. Inside the baryon the strings are Y--shaped aspredicted by the dual superconductor picture. This shape is geometricallyasymmetric in the asymmetric confinement phases. The results of the paper canbe used to check the dual superconductor mechanism in gluodynamics.