Poland Foils Russian Plot to Kill Man on NATO Soil
Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, said security services had thwarted a Russian-orchestrated plot to assassinate a Ukrainian-American citizen in Warsaw, with one man detained. It is reportedly the first alleged Russian attempt to kill a NATO citizen on NATO territory. Mr Tusk said the suspect had been recruited by Russian intelligence.
Poland, a frontline NATO state and the main conduit for military aid to Ukraine, has repeatedly accused Russia of running covert operations on its soil, from arson to sabotage, and an alleged assassination plot marks a serious escalation of that shadow campaign. Recruiting local proxies for such work, as Mr Tusk described, is a pattern Western agencies say Moscow uses across Europe to sow fear while preserving deniability. Targeting a person with American citizenship risks drawing Washington more directly into the confrontation. Russia routinely denies such accusations, and independent verification is difficult. The case sharpens fears that the war’s violence is reaching deeper into NATO territory. Watch for any American response and further detail on the alleged plot.