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Poland Jails Man Over Alleged Plot Against Zelenskyy

A Polish court has found a man guilty of conspiring to cooperate with Russia and supply sensitive material that might have been used for an attempted assassination of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. These events raise serious concerns regarding the safety of people in the Western region of Ukraine due to the ongoing war there.

Poland Jails Man Over Alleged Plot Against Zelenskyy
By Oskar Malec | Last Updated: 4 Feb 2026
Spy provisions relate to espionage, cooperation with enemy nations, and the courts have ordered the convicted man to serve three years and six months in prison for his willingness to serve as a spy for Russia.

Based on an investigation completed by the Polish domestic counterintelligence service (ABW), the 50-year-old man was sentenced on January 29th by a lower district court in Zamość, located in south-east Poland, for providing support to the Russian intelligence and participating in their operations (Russian military intelligence).

Because of secrecy laws enforced in Poland, the man can only be identified by his initials, "Paweł K." Polish authorities stated that he provided sufficient evidence of an intention to collaborate with the Russian military intelligence services to perform such functions.

As per Polish security authorities, Paweł K. had also expressed an interest in joining the Wagner Group as well as the Russian foreign intelligence service. He also allegedly offered intelligence services to the Russian military, and one of the primary subjects of intelligence he was providing was related to the security of Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport, which is approximately 75 km from the Ukrainian border. Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport is an extremely important transportation hub for the movement of military material from Western countries into Ukraine, and has been used as a transportation route for President Zelenskyy's previous stays in Poland. Actions, if taken, could have assisted in planning an assassination against Zelenskyy.

The ABW stated that these actions occurred between December 2022 and February 2023, and that he was living in Hrubieszów (a small village in south-east Poland) at the time the acts occurred. The ABW has also confirmed the continuing dangers posed by foreign intelligence activities and the need for active counterintelligence measures to protect and defend against foreign intelligence activities that threaten Polish national and regional security.

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