The Polish Internal Security Agency arrested a Ukrainian, another member of the disbanded spy group, who was handing over data on military facilities and seaports in Poland to Russian intelligence agencies, Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration Mariusz Kaminjski announced today.
The Ukrainian citizen has been in Poland since 2019 and was arrested on June 21 as the 15th member of a large network of Russian agents that monitored railways, airports and ports where not only Polish military aid but also from other NATO countries go to Ukraine.
"The criminal offenses for which he is charged are punishable by up to 10 years in prison," the competent prosecutor's office announced, and the arrested Ukrainian was kept in custody.
The first arrests of that group, as the prosecution stated, of foreigners from the East, began in mid-March when six of its members were arrested.
According to the announcement of the Internal Security Agency, the arrested placed hidden cameras at railway junctions and near Jeshonka Airport in Rzeszów in the east of Poland to monitor arms convoys to Ukraine and for money they sent that data to Russian intelligence agencies.
"Of course, that group could pose a serious threat to the infrastructure. It was a group of spies, a group of people who collected information for the benefit of whoever attacked Ukraine. The threat was real," Defense Minister Mariusz confirmed to Polish state radio at the time. Blaščak.
In addition, according to the investigation, the group also prepared diversions and pro-Russian and anti-Ukrainian propaganda campaigns.
Polish security expert Danijel Bockovski said that it is not excluded that there are more such spy groups in Poland, and that by monitoring trains and traffic at the airport, this group could not only prepare diversions but also help Russia specify attacks on convoys with Western weapons when advance to the territory of Ukraine.
In June, Poland detained a Russian professional ice hockey player on espionage charges, Reuters reported.
Polish authorities announced on February 23 that a Russian citizen who has been living and doing business in Poland for many years has been charged with spying for Russia from 2015 to April 2022.
On March 28, three people were arrested in Poland on charges of being part of a larger Russian spy network that monitored Polish railways and the airport in Rzeszow in southern Poland, where Western arms deliveries to Ukraine go, Stanjislav Zarin, Deputy Minister of Special Services Coordinator, announced at the time.
Poland announced on March 27 that a foreign national suspected of spying for Russia will be detained for three months until the investigation is completed.
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