Polish authorities have arrested this Tuesday two men of Ukrainian nationality, suspected of carrying out espionage activities for the Russian Intelligence services and of preparing sabotage actions on Polish territory, and have ordered their placement in pretrial detention.
In an official note, Poland’s Internal Security Agency (ABW) has stated that "the suspects identified objects of critical and military infrastructure in different parts of Poland" with the aim of subsequently carrying out these operations.
According to the same statement shared on social media, "the tasks were meant to be carried out on behalf of the Russian secret services in exchange for payment and cryptocurrencies".
The ABW has added that the investigations allow it to conclude that "they also set vehicles on fire after swapping some license plates for others". "What was the objective? It could have been to direct suspicion toward Ukraine," the security agency has said.
The statement also specifies that "two Ukrainian citizens, by decision of the court, have been sent to pretrial detention for three months. They face a sentence that ranges from 10 years in prison to life imprisonment. The investigation is carried out under the supervision of the Prosecutor’s Office".