A man was arrested in Poland on suspicion of preparing an attack against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Polish and Ukrainian prosecutors announced on Thursday April 18. Pawel K. was linked to Russian intelligence and admitted his involvement.
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According to a press release from the prosecution in Polandhe is a Polish national whose mission was to “ collect and provide information to the military intelligence services of the Russian Federation “. Pawel K. had to “ including helping Russian secret services plan a possible assassination attempt on a foreign head of state, the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky “.
Pawel K. admitted to being “ ready to act on behalf » Russians and have “ established contacts with citizens of the Federation of Russia directly involved in the war in Ukraine “. His arrest is the result of coordination between Poland and Ukraine, explains our correspondent in Warsaw, Martin Chabal.
According to Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andrei Kostin, the man arrested and placed in pre-trial detention was supposed, among other things, to collect information concerning “ Rzeszow-Jasionka airport security “. It is through this large airport in south-eastern Poland that most of the military aid provided to Ukraine has passed for two years. President Zelensky also passes through Rzeszów-Jasionka during his visits abroad.
“ This case highlights the continuing threat that Russia poses not only to Ukraine and Ukrainians, but to the entire free world », reacted Andreï Kostine on X (ex-Twitter). He also accused the Kremlin of organizing and carrying out “ sabotage operations on the territory of other sovereign states “. Still on X, the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Radoslaw Sikorski, welcomed the “ good cooperation with fraternal Ukraine “.