This Polish national is suspected of having helped “the Russian secret services to plan a possible assassination attempt on a foreign head of state”, in this case the Ukrainian president.
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He was placed in pre-trial detention. A man, suspected of remaining in contact with Russian spy services and helping them prepare a possible attack against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, was arrested in Poland, Polish and Ukrainian prosecutors announced on Thursday April 18.
The Polish national, identified only as Pawel K., was tasked with “collect and provide information to the military intelligence services of the Russian Federation (…), including assisting the Russian secret services in planning a possible assassination attempt on a foreign head of state, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “, according to a press release from the Polish prosecutor’s office. Pawel K. said to himself “ready to act on behalf of the military intelligence services of the Russian Federation and established contacts with citizens of the Russian Federation directly involved in the war in Ukraine”he added.
The notification of Pawel K.’s activities was transmitted to Warsaw by the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine, subsequently making it possible to obtain “essential evidence”. According to the Ukrainian Prosecutor General, the man arrested was in particular responsible for “collect and transmit to the aggressor state information on the security of Rzeszów-Jasionka airport”in the south-east of Poland, where the Ukrainian head of state often passes during his foreign trips, officials from other countries going to Ukraine and aid convoys to this country.
