A Polish national has been arrested on suspicion of handing sensitive information to Russia in order to facilitate a possible assassination plot against president Volodymyr Zelensky.
Suspect Paweł K faces up to eight years in prison after he was detained in Poland and charged with ‘reporting his readiness to act for foreign intelligence’.
The man was tasked with ‘collecting… military intelligence… with information on the security of the Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport’ in order to ‘help Russian special services plan a possible attack’ on the Ukrainian leader, Polish prosecutors believe.
Polish authorities worked with their counterparts in Ukraine during the investigation, leading to Paweł K’s detention on Wednesday. The investigation is still ongoing.
A number of attempts on the life of President Zelensky have been reported since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during the Three Seas Summit in Vilnius this month