Poland detains 9 folks suspected of spying for Russia

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish authorities stated Thursday that the nation’s safety providers have detained members of a Russian espionage ring, alleging that they had been making ready acts of sabotage in Poland and had been monitoring railroad routes used for the transport of weapons into Ukraine.

Inside Minister Mariusz Kamiński stated the Inner Safety Company had arrested 9 folks suspected of spying for Russia within the case. Three had been detained on Wednesday.

He stated at a information convention in Warsaw that the suspects had been making ready “sabotage actions aimed toward paralyzing the availability of apparatus, weapons and assist to Ukraine.”

He stated the safety brokers additionally seized cameras, digital tools and GPS transmitters, which the suspects deliberate to put on transports carrying assist to Ukraine.

Protection Minister Mariusz Błaszczak prompt that the group had entered from neighboring Belarus, a Russian ally that borders NATO member Poland.

“The menace was actual,” Błaszczak stated on state radio.

Personal radio RMF FM broke the information concerning the arrests, saying that the group had been amassing data in southeastern Poland across the army airport in Jasionka, which is a transit level for weapons and munitions despatched to Ukraine by international locations supporting Kyiv’s combat towards Russia’s invasion that has entered its second yr.

Kamiński stated the operation towards the alleged espionage ring was nonetheless ongoing, and that extra particulars can be revealed at a later time.