Poland Says a Russian Was Arrested After Officials Thwarted Plot to Kill Ukrainian American Citizen
Polish authorities say the suspect was recruited by Russian secret services and the operation was carried out with U.S. services, officials said.
- On Thursday, Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that Polish authorities thwarted a plot by a Russian citizen to kill a Ukrainian American in Warsaw, with the suspect allegedly recruited by Russian secret services.
- Polish authorities arrested the suspect on August 7, with the operation carried out in cooperation with U.S. services, according to Tomasz Siemoniak, Poland's minister coordinating secret services.
- The target was a Ukrainian American citizen, and the individual "was uncomfortable for the Putin regime," Tusk said, describing the motivation behind the planned attack.
- Tusk stated this incident marks the first time "someone on the order of Russia" sought to attack an American citizen on the territory of another NATO country.
- Officials have not yet provided further details regarding the incident or investigation, and Tusk refrained from sharing additional information during his news conference.
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Poland arrests Russian allegedly hired to kill Ukrainian-American who was 'inconvenient to the Putin regime'
Poland Prime Minister Donald Tusk said his country arrested a Russian man recruited by Russian intelligence to assassinate a Ukrainian-American citizen in Warsaw.
Russian-Ordered Assassination Attempt On US Citizen Thwarted By Poland
Western officials have previously warned that Russia stepped up a campaign of targeted killings since President Vladimir Putin's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, saying they have disrupted several plots across Europe.
Poland prevented a Russian plan to kill a Ukrainian-American citizen in Warsaw, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said today, adding that it was the first time that "someone at the behest of Russia" tried to attack a US citizen on the territory of another NATO country.
Donald Tusk reported on Thursday 13 August the arrest a few days earlier of a man suspected of having planned in Warsaw the murder of a "target" judged by him "particularly embarrassing for Vladimir Putin's regime".
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