Poland detains suspect accused of spying for Russia
In Bydgoszcz, officers of Poland’s Internal Security Agency (ABW) detained a man accused of passing information to Russian intelligence. He faces a possible life sentence.
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On June 4, officers from the Internal Security Agency (ABW) detained 28-year-old Viktor Ż. from Bydgoszcz, suspected of spying for Russia.
This was announced by the spokesperson for the Ministry of the Interior, Jacek Dobrzyński, on the social network X.
According to the investigation, the man expressed willingness to cooperate with Russian intelligence and began collecting and passing on information about key defense sites in Poland.
This data could have seriously harmed the national security of the country.
The operation was carried out on the order of a prosecutor from the Mazovian Department for Organized Crime and Corruption of the National Public Prosecutor’s Office. On the same day, investigators conducted searches at several locations in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship.
The prosecutor charged Viktor Ż. under Article 130 § 2 of Poland’s Penal Code — “espionage.” The offense carries a penalty of at least 8 years in prison or a life sentence.
At the request of the prosecution, the court ordered the suspect to be held in custody for three months.
According to ABW, the agency's actions helped halt activity that posed a threat to Poland’s defense capabilities. The investigation is ongoing under the supervision of the Warsaw prosecutor’s office.
It was also revealed that Ukraine and Poland coordinated a joint response to an attempt to incite hostility between their nations — in Poland, unidentified individuals replaced a memorial plaque at a UPA burial site, which both Kyiv and Warsaw considered a provocation beneficial to Russia.