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Poland says it thwarted a Russian plot to kill a Ukrainian American in Warsaw
Confirmed
“At the last minute, thanks to the action of the Internal Security Agency and the police, we managed to prevent this execution, this attack,” Tusk said. Tusk said agents of the Polish Internal Security Agency (ABW) and police had arrested the suspect, with cooperation from American services. He, however, said the citizen of the United States was considered “inconvenient to the Putin regime” and that Polish authorities arrested the suspect on August 7. Tomasz Siemoniak, a Polish minister overseeing security services, said in a post on the social media platform X that last week’s arrest was carried out in cooperation with US authorities. Experts have warned that the reported plot comes amid a rise in threats from Russia, which has been accused of killing critics abroad, including through contract killers and poisonings.
World World Poland arrested a Russian national accused of planning, on Moscow’s orders, to assassinate a Ukrainian-American in Warsaw. Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk attends a bilateral meeting at RAF Northolt, near Uxbridge, Britain, May 27, 2026. (Photo: REUTERS/Jack Taylor) WARSAW: Poland detained a Russian accused by Warsaw of planning to kill a Ukrainian-American dual citizen in the Polish capital on Moscow's orders, Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced Thursday (Aug 13). Tusk told journalists the suspect had been arrested last Friday, Aug 7. "He was inconvenient from the point of view of the Putin regime, and at the last moment ... we managed to prevent this execution," he added.
What's confirmed
- “At the last minute, thanks to the action of the Internal Security Agency and the police, we managed to prevent this execution, this attack,” Tusk said.
- Tusk said agents of the Polish Internal Security Agency (ABW) and police had arrested the suspect, with cooperation from American services.
What's still developing
- Further court action and how much of the order can take effect remain open.