A Ukrainian was detained in Poland on suspicion of working for a Russian sabotage group
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A 25-year-old Ukrainian citizen has been detained in Warsaw, suspected of participating in a sabotage network that, according to Romanian intelligence services, operated under the direction of Russia. The man is linked to the arson of an industrial facility near a defense enterprise in Romania.
This is reported by the Polish radio station RMF FM.
Officers of the Central Bureau of Investigation of the Polish police detained 25-year-old Artem S. in an apartment in the Ursus district of Warsaw. The man did not resist. He is planned to be extradited to Romania on the basis of a European arrest warrant.
According to the investigation, the Ukrainian was part of a group of three people involved in the fire that occurred on September 14 at an industrial site in Brasov, Romania. The facility is located near the Carfil enterprise, which is part of the state defense concern Romarm. The fire engulfed a building with an area of about a thousand square meters.
According to RMF FM, the Ukrainian’s task was to conduct reconnaissance of the future target and secure financing for the arson.
The detainee’s possible accomplices are two Belarusian citizens who were arrested in Germany. Romanian intelligence services claim that the network also planned sabotage against weapons manufacturers, industrial enterprises and training centers for the Ukrainian military.
The investigation is ongoing. Romanian authorities are seeking the extradition of all three suspects.
As a reminder, Romania previously claimed Russia was involved in a fire near an arms factory . Local intelligence reported the exposure of a sabotage network, whose members are suspected of arson.
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