Ukrainian security services and Polish special services detained a resident of Poland, Pavel K., accused of preparing an assassination attempt on Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.
The man was detained on April 17 in Poland. He was charged with readiness to act in favor of a foreign intelligence service (RF).
How tells Euronews, about this in your Telegram channel reported SBU. The arrestee’s plan was to collect and transfer to Russia information about the security of the Rzeszow-Jasionka airport in Poland, where the assassination attempt on the Ukrainian leader was to take place during his visit to the country. The detainee faces imprisonment for up to eight years.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk commented detention of a Polish citizen suspected of assisting in the assassination attempt on the President of Ukraine, in a conversation with Onet.
He said that during the negotiations between the leaders EU in Brussels on Wednesday and Thursday they talked about “Russian influence through disinformation and cyber aggression during the European elections.” According to the head of the Polish government, this takes on special significance in the context of the news about the detention of a Pole, who was actually preparing an assassination attempt on President Vladimir Zelensky, in contact with Russian intelligence. This arrest was justified as much as possible, noted Tusk: “Even if we are dealing only with an isolated case of a madman, a significant part of political murders is the initiative of lone madmen. We must realize that especially at this time we must be focused on security issues.”
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