Poland Uncovers Russian Plot to Kill US-Ukrainian Citizen in Warsaw

Poland’s Internal Security Agency detained a Russian citizen on Aug. 7, accusing him of plotting to kill a US-Ukrainian dual national in Warsaw on behalf of Russian intelligence. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the operation, carried out with US services, marks the first known case of Russia targeting an American citiz

Donald Tusk says it is first time ‘someone on the order of Russia’ has sought to attack US citizen in Nato country A Russian plan to kill a Ukrainian American citizen in Warsaw was thwarted by Poland before it could be carried out, the Polish prime minister has said. Donald Tusk said it was the first time that “someone

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.

It marks the first time that ‘someone on the order of Russia’ sought to attack a U.S. citizen on the territory of another NATO country, Poland says

Poland arrested a Russian national accused of planning, on Moscow’s orders, to assassinate a Ukrainian-American in Warsaw.

A Russian plot to kill a Ukrainian American citizen in Warsaw was thwarted by Poland before it could be carried out, the Polish prime minister said Thursday.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the suspect was allegedly recruited by Russia's secret services.

Poland says it thwarted a Russian plot to kill an American citizen in Warsaw  AP News

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says the attempt is the "first situation of its kind" where Russia has ordered the killing of an American citizen on NATO soil.

Polish authorities have detained a Russian citizen recruited by Russian intelligence services on suspicion of plotting a murder. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that suspect was taken into custody on August 7 in an operation involving Polish and American intelligence services.

Poland's prime minister says authorities have arrested a Russian citizen allegedly recruited by Russian secret services

The assassin was working on behalf of the Russian intelligence services, says Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

Poland, a NATO and EU member state along the alliance's Eastern flank, has accused Russia of "sabotage" on several occasions since Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

The Russian was detained on August 7 and had been recruited to kill a man who was "inconvenient to the Putin regime," Polish Prime Minister Tusk told journalists.

Poland said its security services prevented the assassination of a US citizen originally from Ukraine that was ordered by Russian intelligence.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said it marks the first time Russia sought to attack an American citizen in another NATO country.

Poland has ⁠arrested a ⁠Russian man who was ⁠hired by Moscow to kill a Ukrainian-American citizen in Warsaw, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday. The Russian was detained on August ‌7 and had been recruited to kill a man who was “inconvenient to the Putin regime”, Tusk told journalists. The Russian embas

WARSAW, Aug 13 - Poland has arrested a Russian man who was hired by Moscow to kill a Ukrainian-American citizen in Warsaw, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday.

Poland says it arrested Russian hired to kill Ukrainian-American citizen  Reuters

Poland says a Russian was arrested after officials thwarted plot to kill Ukrainian American citizen  Toronto Star