Poland charges 6 people for sabotage documents ordered by foreign intelligence services. Warsaw accuses to be the target of Russia and Belarus
The road sign with the inscription “Polish Republic-the state border” and the Polish and European flags are visible while the Polish border guards check the Polish-German border in Slubice, western Poland, near the German city of Frankfurt an der Oder, on July 7, 2025.
Polish prosecutors have accused a group of six persons of offenses, including a sabotage ordered by foreign intelligence services, a prosecutor's spokesman, quoted by Reuters said on Wednesday.
Poland states that his role as a help center for Ukraine made the target of Russian and Belaruse secret services, accusing Moscow and Minsk of committing sabotage acts, such as fires on the Polish territory. Russia and Belarus rejected these accusations.
The prosecutor's office said that the investigation was initiated by information discovered during an investigation into the activities of the Ukrainian citizen Serhii S, which was incarcerated earlier this year for the planning of sabotage on behalf of Russia.
“The evidence obtained in this case indicated the suspicion that an organized criminal group operating in Poland has engaged in the recruitment and organization of sabotage activities for foreign information agents,” the spokesman said in a statement.
“The actions of foreign intelligence agencies aimed to generate public disorders and to create a sense of powerlessness among the state authorities through sabotage and subversion,” the official said.
Prosecutors said there are three Polish defendants (Kamil K, Dawid P and Lukasz K) and three Belaruși (Stepan K, Andrei B, Yaraslau S). Polish laws on confidentiality prevent the press from publishing the last name of the persons accused of crimes.
The accusations refer, among other things, to an arson attack on a pallet warehouse in Marki, in the center of Poland. This attack was ordered by a foreign secret service, according to prosecutors. There were also attacks on a Gdansk warehouse in April 2024 and a restaurant in Gdynia.
Four of the defendants are accused of sabotage acts at the command of some foreign intelligence services. Two of the suspects declared themselves innocent, three recognized the facts, and one admitted only some of the accusations.
In addition to sabotage documents, the group will be responsible for drug and weapons trafficking charges.
