Polish authorities have charged an individual with conspiring to assist Russian foreign intelligence services in a plot to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The indictment follows an investigation into a suspected Russian operation aimed at destabilizing Ukraine’s leadership. The suspect’s role in the alleged assassination attempt remains under scrutiny as Poland continues its commitment to thwarting foreign interference in Ukraine’s sovereignty.
The man, identified as Pawel K., was arrested in April 2024 after cooperation between Polish and Ukrainian prosecutors, and faces up to eight years in prison.
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According to prosecutors, he had declared his readiness to act for the military intelligence of the Russian Federation and established contacts with Russians who were directly involved in the war in Ukraine.
“The activities were to help, among other things, in the planning by the Russian special services of a possible assassination attempt on the life of … the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy,” the prosecution said in a statement.
Pawel K.’s tasks included collecting and providing information on security at the Rzeszow-Jasionka Airport in southeastern Poland, prosecutors said.
Poland, a hub for Western military supplies to Ukraine, says it has become a major target of Russian spies, accusing Moscow and its ally Belarus of trying to destabilise it – accusations which the Kremlin has repeatedly denied.
