Special Services

The prosecutor's office has charged all twelve with spying for Russia and taking part in organized crime. The detainees are foreigners of eastern (east of Poland’s borders) origin. Six of them have already been remanded in custody.

The evidence in this case shows that the “spy ring” used secretly placed cameras to monitor the railway infrastructure in Poland used to supply military equipment to Ukraine. The suspects would also prepare acts of subversion aimed at paralyzing the deliveries of equipment, weapons and aid to this war-stricken country. At the scene, the officers of the ABW secured cameras, electronic devices, as well as GPS trackers that the suspects had been planning to place on the transports bound for Ukraine.

As found by ABW, the ring would also be tasked with conducting information warfare efforts designed to undermine the relations between Poland and Ukraine, stir up anti-NATO sentiment in Poland and denigrate the policy of the Polish government towards Ukraine.

The ABW has evidence that the suspects had been paid by the Russian special services on an ongoing basis. For their intelligence activities, the members of the spy ring would be regularly rewarded. In order to cover up their activities, the suspects would keep a low-profile.

This case is of a dynamic nature and further developments have yet to occur. The ABW is conducting extremely dynamic investigative actions, collecting new evidence as it emerges and checking facts. Therefore, the above-mentioned facts constitute the only information that can be made available to the public opinion at this point of the investigation.

Mariusz Kamiński
Special Services Coordinator
Minister of the Interior and Administration