Police officers inspecting a vandalised monument. Photo: Jacek Dobrzyński on X
Poland’s Internal Security Agency has detained a 17-year-old Ukrainian citizen who is believed to have been recruited by Russian intelligence for sabotage activities.
Source: Tomasz Siemoniak, Polish Minister of the Interior and coordinator of Polish intelligence services; the office of Prime Minister Donald Tusk; TVN 24, a Polish 24-hour commercial news channel
Details: Siemoniak reported that the detained teenager had “vandalised monuments to victims of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) and public buildings by painting anti-Polish slogans” following instructions from foreign intelligence services. He said these actions had intended to “fuel discord between Poles and Ukrainians”. [The UPA, or the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, was a nationalist paramilitary organisation that fought for Ukrainian independence during and after World War II, primarily against Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union – ed.]
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“This young Ukrainian was recruited by foreign intelligence services. You couldn’t find a better gift for the Russians,” the Polish prime minister commented on the teenager’s detention.
He added that this is not the first case of Russia recruiting Ukrainians and Belarusians for provocations in Poland.
“Let us remember that in almost every such case, Russia is behind attempts to stir up conflicts, anti-Polish sentiment in Ukraine, and anti-Ukrainian sentiment in Poland,” Tusk emphasised.
Background:
- On 12 August, Tusk accused Russia of trying to sow discord between Warsaw and Kyiv. He stated that anti-Polish gestures by Ukrainians and the incitement of anti-Ukrainian sentiment in Poland are part of Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s plan.
- On 13 August, it became known that the Polish prosecutor’s office had submitted an indictment to court against six members of an organised criminal group accused of sabotage on behalf of a foreign state.
- In February 2025, a Ukrainian was sentenced to eight years in a Polish prison for plotting sabotage in favour of Russia.
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