The territory Attorney's Office in Krakow initiated an investigation into a Pole who joined the Russian army to fight against Ukraine. On the another hand, the National Prosecutor's Office has charged a terrorist act against a Colombian. As determined by the interior safety Agency, the foreigner acted on behalf of Russian intelligence.
Ukrainian soldiers from the mortar unit shoot from mortar towards Torecka, Ukraine, 18 August 2024.
A man hiding under the pseudonym “Poland on Donbas” was investigated a fewer weeks ago, but the prosecution revealed information about this 2 days ago. The fishy publishes recordings from the Russian-Ukrainian front on social media and encourages another Poles to join the fight on the Russian side. According to a communication from the territory Attorney's Office in Kraków, Oliwa Bożyk-Michaelec, investigators are considering the case in terms of action for abroad intelligence “by conducting misinformation through the TikTok website”. The next part of the communication states that the intent of these activities is to make serious disturbances in the strategy of the Republic of Poland by a established erstwhile soldier of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland residing in the Russian Federation."
– This action is at hazard of imprisonment for a minimum of 8 years – emphasises Bożek-Michael. – In view of the nature of the case, it is not possible at this phase to supply further information on the details of the proceedings under way – the prosecutor’s spokesperson states.
The “Poland on Donbas” was activated in the spring of that year. Recognized as a erstwhile soldier of the 6th Airborne Brigade (her 6th Battalion), the recordings admit that he first joined Russian volunteer units. He later signed with the Ministry of Defence of Russia, making him a "normal Russian soldier". According to his own declarations, he received Russian citizenship.
The videos “Poland on Donbas” have respective 100 1000 views. In 1 of them, a man tells that he would like the Russian specialization to “come to Poland and make order with the “badders” and “traitors”. The erstwhile are Ukrainians, while the second are the government of Poland (and more broadly, almost the full political class). Conspiracy and innuendo theories are besides published. “Poland on Donbasa” claims, among others, that Ukrainian services are carrying out acts of sabotage in Poland in order to blame Russia and drag Poland into war. The man regularly encourages Poles to join Putin's army. He besides declares that he will aid organize a journey to the front for all those willing to fight on the side of Russia.
Recruited by Telegram
In the second case, the fishy was a Colombian citizen, presently residing in the Czech Republic, where he was sentenced to 8 years in prison in June for arson of a bus depot in Prague and planning to set fire to a buying mall. Czech investigators have determined that peculiar services of the Russian Federation were active in the case and that the man confessed. Today, it is already known that his terrorist activity was besides conducted in Poland.
"Officers of the interior safety Agency have determined that behind 2 arsons that took place in 2024 in Poland, there is simply a 27-year-old Colombian working on behalf of Russian intelligence", says Jacek Dobrzyński, a spokesperson for the coordinator of peculiar services. It is about fires from May last year in Warsaw and Radom. ‘In both cases, construction depots were set on fire. Thanks to the immediate action of firefighters, the fires were rapidly put out. The Colombian has heard allegations of committing a terrorist act. He has been facing imprisonment for 10 years for life," said Dobrzyński.
The information made public by the ABW highlighted that the foreigner's activities were ‘contracted, supervised and financed by a individual associated with Russian peculiar services’. The Colombian was given "detailed instructions on the intent of the attack and the way it was carried out, including the construction of a bottle of ignition (the alleged Molotov cocktail) and the usage of a circumstantial means of transport", read the Agency’s Communication.
The interior safety Agency emphasises that there have been akin cases of arson in the countries of Central and east Europe. Russian services “systemically and on a large scale recruited people of Hispanic origin, with military experience, to conduct a reconnaissance of the designated locations, followed by arson of selected objects and documentation of destruction. Photos and recordings were then utilized by Russian-speaking media for disinformation and propaganda purposes”, informs the Agency. According to her findings, the Russians are utilizing the Telegram communicator to recruit. What motives do those recruited have? The ABW argues that citizens of South American countries who come to Europe and undertake arson orders do so “only for easy and fast pay”.
