Poland indicts man over alleged Russian plot to kill Zelensky

A Polish man faces trial for assisting Russian intelligence in planning a potential assassination attempt on Ukraine's president.
Text: Óscar Ontañón Docal
Published 2025-05-20

The latest news on Russia and Ukraine. We now know that Polish authorities have formally indicted a man suspected of aiding Russian military intelligence in a plot to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, prosecutors said on Tuesday.

The individual, arrested in April 2024, allegedly gathered intelligence on a key military transit hub in south-eastern Poland and maintained contacts with Russians involved in the war. Officials claim the plot was part of broader destabilisation efforts targeting Poland.

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