Poland’s intelligence service has detained eight individuals on suspicion of planning sabotage.
The suspects were apprehended in various parts of the country in recent days, Prime Minister Donald Tusk posted on X on Tuesday.
The suspects are said to have scouted military facilities and parts of critical infrastructure, intelligence coordinator Tomasz Siemoniak said. Additionally, they are alleged to have prepared means for carrying out acts of sabotage and attacks.
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Poland is one of the most important political and military supporters of Ukraine, which has been fending off a full-scale Russian invasion since February 2022.
The government in Warsaw accuses the intelligence services of Russia and its ally Belarus of sending many agents into the country and recruiting saboteurs.
The spokesman for the intelligence coordinator said that in recent months alone, 55 individuals have been apprehended who acted on behalf of Russian intelligence services to the detriment of Poland.
In the current case, Russia was not initially publicly held responsible.