Kyivstoner, Ukrainian rapper and videoblogger, was to be according to RMF FM the mark of an assassination prepared in Warsaw on behalf of Russian services. ABW and police detained a Russian citizen on 7 August, and Tomasz Siemoniak confirmed that it was the killing of a U.S. citizen of Ukrainian origin. It is simply a signal that the hybrid war affects the centre of Poland.
New findings on the mark of the assassination
Kyivstoner, Ukrainian rapper and videoblogger, was to be according to RMF FM the mark of an assassination prepared in Warsaw on behalf of Russian services. ABW and police detained a Russian citizen on 7 August, and Tomasz Siemoniak confirmed that it was the killing of a U.S. citizen of Ukrainian origin. It is simply a signal that the hybrid war affects the centre of Poland.
Interia, citing RMF FM, reported that the alleged mark was the Kyivstoner, besides known as Albert Vasilyev and Slevin Dadyan. Prime Minister Donald Tusk had previously informed about the detention of a Russian who was to be recruited by Russian services and prepare execution in Warsaw.
This is another phase of the case that the National diary has already described as thwarted by ABW assassination in Warsaw. The fresh findings of the media shift the emphasis: it is not just the fact of detention, but the possible intent of the operation and the political importance of Russian action in Poland.
Communication of services and presumption of innocence
Minister peculiar Services Coordinator Tomasz Siemoniak informedThat Homeland Security, in cooperation with the police, stopped a Russian citizen who, on behalf of a abroad service, prepared the assassination of a U.S. citizen of Ukrainian origin. He added that the killing was to take place in Warsaw, and the operation was conducted in cooperation with US services.
These are serious words from a typical of the state. At the same time, the case is investigative. The fishy is not a convicted person, and the details of the operation should be assessed by the prosecution and court. In a state of serious combat against the Russian agent, it does not release the procedure. On the contrary, it requires tougher and more error-resistant procedures.
Russia is investigating NATO state borders
If the findings of the services and media are confirmed, Russia is not limited to propaganda, cyber attacks and sabotage. Attempted execution in Warsaw means entering the level of direct political panic within the NATO state. For Poland, the stakes are simple: either the state controls its own streets, or abroad services begin to treat them as an operating area.
There's no area for naivety in this case. Moscow has been utilizing military pressure, misinformation, border provocations and influence networks for years. Poland is on the front line of this pressure, due to the fact that it is the safety base of the region and an crucial state of the east flank of NATO.
A akin mechanics was seen in erstwhile cases erstwhile Homeland safety detained persons suspected of acting on behalf of Moscow. The Russian method is cynical: to usage another people's conflicts, emotions and résumés to hit public order in Poland.
Lesson for Poland
The Polish right has long said that safety is not an addition to the state. It's his first duty. Borders, services, counterintelligence, control of high-risk aliens and informational resilience must operate daily, not only after alarming press conferences.
The Kyivstoner case besides shows that the Russian war does not end at the front in Ukraine. He comes to Warsaw through orders, contacts, money, false narratives and people ready to work for abroad services. The answer can't be panic. The answer must be a hard state that protects citizens and does not let another people's services to organise their own actions on Polish soil.
It is in the national interest to full explain the matter, without political theatre and without closing eyes. Russia understands strength. Poland must show it in services, law and regular protection of its own territory.
Source: Interia, RMF FM, Tomasz Siemoniak's message, Polish Radio, Euronews.
Source: Interia Events
