Poland said on Thursday that it had completely dismantled a Russian spy network working in support of Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine.
“The whole network has been dismantled,” Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak told Polish public radio PR1. “It was a spy group, a group of people collecting information for those who attacked Ukraine,” he added.
“The threat was real,” insisted the minister, without giving further details.
Poland’s interior minister is due to hold a press conference on the matter Thursday at 11 a.m. local time (10 a.m. GMT).
On Wednesday, the private Polish radio station RMF FM reported, citing unnamed sources, that the ABW Internal Security Agency had arrested six foreigners working for the Russian secret services and supposed to be carrying out preparations for acts of sabotage in Poland.
The suspects were arrested after the discovery of hidden cameras, which were placed on important railway routes and junctions, recording and transmitting traffic data.
According to RMF, “dozens of devices” of this type have been installed, mainly on sections of railway lines leading to the south-east of the country, in particular near Jasionka airport, near Rzeszow, which is the one of the main transfer points for Western arms and ammunition to Ukraine.
Following this operation, the services and the police were put on high alert and the security of the railways and strategic infrastructures was reinforced, according to the RMF channel.