In brief
Two Ukrainian citizens are suspected of gathering intelligence and carrying out arson for Russia. Investigators say altered vehicle plates were intended to shift suspicion onto Ukraine and stir anti-Ukrainian sentiment.
Poland’s Internal Security Agency detained two Ukrainian citizens, aged 24 and 25, in Mińsk Mazowiecki on suspicion of gathering intelligence and carrying out arson on Russia’s orders, RBC-Ukraine reported, citing Ukraine’s Centre for Strategic Communications and Information Security, known as SPRAVDI.
According to the investigation described in the report, the men photographed military sites and critical infrastructure. They also face charges of setting vehicles on fire.
Investigators allege that before the fires, the suspects replaced the vehicles’ number plates with ones resembling those used by the Ukrainian army. Polish investigators believe the aim was to shift suspicion onto Ukraine and inflame anti-Ukrainian sentiment among local residents.
The report says the men received payment, including cryptocurrency, for the tasks and that a court ordered them held in custody for three months. It did not name them or specify the dates of the arrests, fires or court decision. The allegations described are not a conviction.
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