The 51-year-old was arrested a 12 months in the past on suspicion of planning acts of sabotage within the metropolis of Wrocław.
A Polish court docket sentenced a Ukrainian nationwide on Friday to eight years in jail for planning acts of sabotage and arson on behalf of Russia.
The court docket within the southwestern metropolis of Wrocław discovered that the 51-year-old, named Serhyi S, had been a part of a felony ring and had made plans to set fireplace to varied constructions within the metropolis.
The person was arrested by Polish state safety officers in January 2024. The Polish Inside Safety Company alleged that he was making ready to set fireplace to a US-owned paint manufacturing facility, amongst different targets.
The person denied the fees however admitted to agreeing to commit arson in return for cash from an unknown get together he communicated with on-line.
4 different folks have been charged within the case, whereas greater than a dozen others of Polish, Ukrainian and Belarusian citizenship have been arrested in reference to different deliberate acts of sabotage or espionage within the central European nation.
Warsaw says Russia is concentrating on it as a part of a hybrid warfare marketing campaign towards international locations which have provided their help to Ukraine through the Kremlin’s ongoing full-scale invasion of its western neighbour.
