Summary
- Polish authorities have foiled a Russian intelligence plot to assassinate a Ukrainian-American citizen in Warsaw, Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced.
- Tusk noted that this marks the first instance of a Russian-directed assassination plot targeting a US citizen on the sovereign territory of a NATO member nation.
- The suspect was detained in Warsaw on 7 August following a joint operation between Polish security agencies and US intelligence services, and has been remanded in custody for three months.
Polish authorities have foiled a Russian intelligence plot to assassinate a Ukrainian-American citizen in Warsaw, Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced.
Tusk noted that this marks the first instance of a Russian-directed assassination plot targeting a US citizen on the sovereign territory of a NATO member nation. The suspect was detained in Warsaw on 7 August following a joint operation between Polish security agencies and US intelligence services, and has been remanded in custody for three months.
While Polish officials refrained from releasing the victim’s identity, Tusk stated that the targeted individual was deemed “inconvenient” by the Kremlin. The incident comes amid a broader wave of state-sponsored sabotage, arson, and targeted killings across Europe attributed to Russian security services since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
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