The arrest of a Polish citizen on charges of spying for Russia

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency, citing the German publication “D Site”, the organization Polish intelligence has arrested a man accused of supporting Russian plans to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The Warsaw Public Prosecutor’s Office announced that the Polish citizen was arrested in Poland on Wednesday.

He is being investigated for his willingness to cooperate with a foreign secret service to the detriment of his country. If this man is found guilty, he will face up to 8 years in prison. The man is said to have collected and sent information about security precautions at Rzeszow airport to Russian military intelligence, according to investigators. The airport has been an important stop for diplomatic trips since the start of the Ukraine war.

Polish authorities said in a statement that the intelligence “among other things helped the Russian secret and intelligence services plan the assassination.” The possibility was against a foreign head of state – Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine. Accordingly, the arrested man contacted several Russian citizens who were directly involved in the conflict in Ukraine and expressed his desire to spy.

The Rzeszów airport is located in the southeast of Poland, about 90 km from the border with Ukraine.This airport is under the control of the American forces and is the point of entry and exit of all Western politicians who travel to Ukraine Ukraine is closed due to constant airstrikes, so travel beyond this airport is usually by train. Zelensky and other senior Ukrainian politicians have traveled this route several times in the past.

The airport is also important for arms deliveries. Poland, a member of the European Union and NATO, is a close military ally of Ukraine and provides important logistical infrastructure for military aid to the country.

Polish investigators say they may have arrested a person suspected of involvement in There was a planned assassination attempt against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. According to the report of the Polish news site “tvn24” quoting the Polish Prosecutor’s Office, it is said that the suspect helped the Russian special forces in planning the attack on Zelenskiy. According to this, it is said that the suspect known as Pavel K. Spying on Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport. This airport serves as a center for the delivery of Western weapons to Ukraine. Ukrainian President Zelensky regularly lands and takes off on his state plane when he travels abroad. According to the report, Polish investigators in the case with the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine and the Secret Service Ukraine cooperated.

If this suspicion is confirmed, this will be the second major case of Russian espionage in a short period of time. Just Wednesday morning, German investigators arrested two men in Bayreuth, Bavaria, on suspicion of espionage and sabotage for Russia.

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