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Polish Court Jails Two For Spying On Russian Orders
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Warsaw has consistently accused Moscow of conducting espionage operations within its borders. As a key NATO member and a crucial ally of Ukraine, much of the Western aid to Kyiv transits through Poland.
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The two convicted men were part of a larger network of 16 Ukrainian, Belarusian, and Russian individuals arrested in March 2023 by Polish authorities. They were accused of plotting sabotage and gathering intelligence for Moscow.
Maksym L., a 23-year-old Ukrainian citizen, was sentenced to six years in prison by a court in Lublin, eastern Poland, while 30-year-old Belarusian Uladyslau P. received a 34-month sentence. Under Polish law, their full names remain undisclosed.
Both were found guilty of espionage and participating in an organized criminal group aimed at undermining Poland’s national interests.
“This was an organised criminal group… whose objective was to collect intelligence to determine the type and volume of aid transferred to Ukraine,” said Judge Miroslaw Brzozowski, Polish news agency PAP reported.
The court ruled that the two men had worked for the spy ring between January and March 2023, motivated by financial gain.
They installed surveillance devices along vital cross-border rail routes used for the transportation of military and humanitarian aid to Kyiv, it added.
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The group was also responsible for monitoring major points of passage of Western military aid to Ukraine. These included the northern seaports of Gdynia and Gdansk, and the Jasionka airport and the Rzeszow train station near the Ukrainian border.
They communicated with their backers via the social media network Telegram, said the court.
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