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.

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

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

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

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.