У Польщі затримали росіянина за підозрою у шпигунстві
What happened
Police in the Polish town of Świdnica detained a 55-year-old Russian citizen who was photographing trains and railway infrastructure, on suspicion of working for a foreign intelligence service.
Officers spotted the man near a railway crossing while policing a football match, and he drove off when he saw them, according to LB.ua.
Patrol officers later found the same car near a railway bridge, and the man grew nervous and tried to get back to his vehicle.
Police found professional photo equipment on him and hundreds of thousands of files with pictures of transport sites, including ones outside Poland, according to Ukrinform.
Tomasz Siemoniak, Poland's minister coordinating the special services, said Russia runs hybrid operations in Europe using one-off agents paid several thousand euros, and called the arrest of a Russian citizen unusual.
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Open on the live globe →Who reported it
- 2026-10-30 09:15 UTCУкраїнська правда · pravda.com.ua ↗
- 2026-10-30 09:19 UTCУкрінформ · ukrinform.ua ↗
- 2026-10-30 09:48 UTCLB.ua · lb.ua ↗
- 2026-10-30 13:20 UTCРадіо Свобода · radiosvoboda.org ↗
- 2026-10-30 13:33 UTCNV · nv.ua ↗
- 2026-10-30 15:25 UTCУНІАН · unian.ua ↗
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