POLAND has arrested a man on suspicion he was working with Russia to plot the assassination Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.
Suspect Paweł K is accused of helping the Kremlin’s security services to plan the attack that was foiled by Poland with help from Ukraine.
The alleged scheme to kill President Zelensky was busted on April 17 after Ukraine raised their suspicions with PolandEPA
AlamyThe Polish Prosecutor’s Office accused Pawek K of working with Moscow[/caption]
AFPThe Ukrainian leader visiting troops close to the frontline in Kharkiv last week[/caption]
Pawel K was detained yesterday and charged with “reporting his readiness to act for foreign intelligence” and could face up to eight years in prison.
A joint investigation, led by Polish and Ukrainian law enforcement, found he “established contacts with the Russian Federation directly involved in the war in Ukraine”.
A statement said: “His tasks included the collecting and providing of military intelligence for the Russian Federation with information on the security of the Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport”.
His intention was “to help Russian special services plan a possible attack” on President Zelensky, it added.
The officials did not specify whether Moscow had actually received Pawel K’s offer of intelligence or what the response was.
Polish prosecutors said Ukraine alerted them to their suspicion about the suspect and shared information that led to his arrest.
The investigation is ongoing.
Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Andrii Kostin said: “This case is yet another proof that Russia is a threat not only to Ukraine and Ukrainians but also to the entire free world.
“The Kremlin’s criminal regime is constantly trying to undermine European and global security.”
EPAIt’s not known how the assassination plot would have been carried out[/caption]
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