A Polish national has been arrested in his country on suspicion of conspiring with Russia to assassinate Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.
The man remains unnnamed and has only been dentified as Pawe K.
He is accused of aiding the Kremlin’s security services in orchestrating an attack that was thwarted by Polish authorities with assistance from Ukraine.
Information about Pawel K was passed on to the Polish Prosecutor’s Office by the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.
Details regarding how or when Pawel K planned to target Zelensky remain unclear at this stage. The investigation is ongoing.
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It remains unclear if Moscow was actually approached by the suspect or what their reaction might have been.
Prior to the arrest, Ukrainian authorities alerted Warsaw about the potential threat and shared crucial evidence with Polish officials.
Following this, Polish law enforcement took the suspect into custody, accusing him of espionage for a foreign power. The probe into the matter is still underway.
Ukraine’s top prosecutor Andrii Kostin commented on the incident, saying: “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.”
