A Polish national has been arrested after being found to have tried to facilitate the assassination of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Known only as Pawel K, the Polish National Prosecutor’s Office has announced that the man was arrested in Poland and has been charged with “his readiness to act for foreign intelligence against Republic of Poland”.
It has also been claimed that the man was tasked with getting military intelligence for Russia about the security at Poland’s Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport – and to help plan an attack on Zelenskyy.
A spokesman said: “The findings of the investigation show that the suspect Paweł K declared his readiness to act for the military intelligence of the Russian Federation and established contacts with citizens of the Russian Federation directly involved in the war in Ukraine. His tasks included collecting and providing the military intelligence of the Russian Federation with information on the security of the Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport.
“This was, among other things, help Russian special services plan a possible attack on the life of the head of a foreign state, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.
“The Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine forwarded the information about the possibility of committing a crime by Paweł K. to the Polish Prosecutor’s Office. Then, during the investigation, key evidence in the case was obtained from the Ukrainian side as part of legal assistance.
