{"id":2541,"date":"2026-08-13T23:13:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T23:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2541"},"modified":"2026-08-13T23:13:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T23:13:29","slug":"poland-says-it-thwarted-a-russian-plot-to-kill-an-american-citizen-in-warsaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2541","title":{"rendered":"Poland says it thwarted a Russian plot to kill an American citizen in Warsaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>WARSAW (AP) \u2014 A Russian plan to kill a Ukrainian American citizen in Warsaw was thwarted by <span>Poland<\/span> before it could be carried out, the Polish prime minister said Thursday, adding it was the first time that \u201csomeone on the order of Russia\u201d sought to attack a U.S. citizen on the territory of another NATO country.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2539\">Broken engine parts shattered the Ryanair plane window that a man\u2019s head got sucked into: NTSB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Western officials have previously warned that Russia stepped up a campaign of targeted killings since President Vladimir Putin\u2019s 2022 <span>invasion of Ukraine<\/span>, saying they have <span>disrupted several plots<\/span> across Europe. But Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said this incident was unprecedented.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect, who was allegedly recruited by Russia\u2019s secret services, was detained by Polish authorities on Aug. 7. He will be held in custody for three months, the Warsaw police said in a statement. <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ap-embed\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"915\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/interactives.ap.org\/russia-europe-disruption\/\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The American Ukrainian citizen \u201cwas uncomfortable for the Putin regime,\u201d Tusk said in a news conference, without elaborating.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The operation was carried out in cooperation with U.S. services, said Tomasz Siemoniak, Poland\u2019s minister overseeing intelligence services. He said the targeted victim was a U.S. citizen \u201cof Ukrainian origin.\u201d Officials did not immediately provide further details.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. State Department said it was aware of the reports but said it had no additional information.<\/p>\n<h2>Western countries believe Russia seeks to undermine Ukraine\u2019s allies<\/h2>\n<p>Russia has long been accused of targeting its enemies abroad, including by using rare poisons. But intelligence officials previously told The Associated Press that Russia\u2019s security services are now more brazen in their choice of targets, going after <span>Russian activists<\/span> and foreign supporters of Ukraine as well as military defectors. <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<!-- AP \"Read More\" embed (place mid-article) --><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe must assume that the Putin regime will try to eliminate people who are inconvenient for various reasons, in various places around the world,\u201d Tusk said on Thursday. He said that Poland and others must be prepared to counter such actions. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2537\">Rescuers call for silence around earthquake rubble as window for survival narrows in Colombia<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Western officials see the campaign as connected to Russia\u2019s broader efforts to <span>undermine European countries that support Ukraine<\/span>. The AP has mapped about 200 acts of sabotage, arson and other disruption across Europe since the start of the war that officials have linked to Russia. President Vladimir Putin told the AP in June that Russia <span>is not waging a sabotage campaign<\/span> against Europe.<\/p>\n<p>In 2006, British authorities accused Russia of being behind the killing of former FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko in London with radioactive polonium. The U.K. also blames Russia for the attempted killing of former Russian military intelligence officer <span>Sergei Skripal<\/span> in Salisbury in 2018 with the nerve agent Novichok.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<!-- AP Morning Wire Newsletter Embed (self-contained) --><\/p>\n<div>\n<!-- Red AP Prompt Bar --><\/p>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<strong>Sign up for Morning Wire:<\/strong><br \/>\n    Our flagship newsletter breaks down the biggest headlines of the day.\n  <\/div>\n<form>\n<input\/><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<label>Email address<\/label>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<label><br \/>\n<input\/><br \/>\n<span><br \/>\n          By checking this box, you agree to AP&#8217;s<br \/>\n          Terms of Use<br \/>\n          and acknowledge that AP may collect and use your data pursuant to our<br \/>\n          Privacy Policy.<br \/>\n        <\/span><br \/>\n<\/label>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>German authorities said Russia organized the 2019 killing of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, a former Chechen rebel commander who was shot in a Berlin park by Vadim Krasikov, a hitman who was later <span>greeted by Putin after he was exchanged in a spy swap<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>In June, a Russian artist who was critical of Putin was shot and killed at close range near his home in eastern Poland. Tusk said at the time that the killing of Robert Kuzovkov, known by the pseudonym Semyon Skrepetsky, had the hallmarks of a political assassination. He suggested it was possible Russia was behind it but Polish officials have not yet attributed it to Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>Last year French officials <span>disrupted a plot<\/span> which they believe was aimed at killing Vladimir Osechkin, a Russian exile who lives under police protection and works to help military defectors flee Putin\u2019s war. Lithuanian officials also disrupted a plot last year to kill a Lithuanian supporter of Ukraine and another against a Russian activist. Officials in Germany have similarly broken up two plots: one to target the head of <span>a German weapons company<\/span> supplying Ukraine, the other against <span>a Ukrainian military official<\/span>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Polish authorities arrested a man in 2024 in what they said was <span>a plot to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/span>. That year, a Russian helicopter pilot who defected <span>was killed in Spain<\/span> \u2014 with Russian operatives the prime suspects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis campaign is not by accident or chance,\u201d a senior European intelligence official previously told the AP. \u201cThere is political authorization.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>Burrows reported from London. Stefanie Dazio in Berlin and Matthew Lee in Washington contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2535\">Settler siege of Palestinian homes in West Bank a \u2018horrific act of terror,\u2019 US ambassador says<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poland&#8217;s prime minister says authorities have arrested a Russian citizen allegedly recruited by Russian secret services. The suspect reportedly planned to kill a Ukrainian American citizen in Warsaw. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said it marks the first time Russia sought to attack an American citizen in another NATO country. Tusk says the victim was \u201cuncomfortable for the Putin regime.\u201d Polish authorities took the Russian citizen into custody on August 7. The operation was carried out with U.S. services, according to Poland&#8217;s minister coordinating secret services. 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