Warsaw (EFE).- The Polish authorities have arrested nine people suspected of working for Russia’s secret services and preparing “sabotage actions” in the country.
The Minister of the Interior, Mariusz Kamiński has announced that the detainees were foreigners who come from a country to the east of Poland, although he has not specified what nationality they are.
In a press conference, Kamiński reported that those arrested were working “under the direction of Russian intelligence.”
Officials from the Polish Agency for Internal Security (ABW) were the ones who detained the nine people, suspected of having installed cameras to obtain information about supplies to Ukraine and preparing to divert them, according to the minister.
“In recent days, the Internal Security Agency detained nine people suspected of working for Russia’s special services. The suspects carried out espionage activities against Poland and were preparing sabotage actions under the direction of Russian intelligence,” Kamiński said.
Sabotage of military shipments to Ukraine
Six of the detainees have remained in provisional arrest. The Prosecutor’s Office has accused them of espionage in favor of Russia and of being part of a criminal organization.
As for the other three, the Public Ministry is still investigating their activities.
“Indications show that the group was monitoring the railways. They had the mission of spying on the supply routes and equipment sent to Ukraine.
The suspects were also preparing sabotage actions to stop shipments of military equipment to Ukraine,” Kamiński added.
According to the data provided by the minister, the agency found cameras, electronic equipment and GPS geolocator transmitters that were supposedly going to be placed on transport to Ukraine.
Kamiński has also revealed that the group was in charge of propaganda activities aimed at destabilizing Polish-Ukrainian relations and stimulating anti-Ukrainian and anti-NATO sentiment among Poles.
Apparently there are clues that the detainees received money in exchange for their activities.