Poland detains Ukrainian suspected of trying to assassinate a Ukrainian defense industry official on Russia’s orders

Poland's Internal Security Agency detained a 63-year-old Ukrainian citizen, identified as Serhiy P., on August 5 over an alleged assassination plot against an unnamed Ukrainian defense industry official. Investigators say he planted a homemade explosive under the target's car in Irpin, intending to detonate it remotely, but a mechanical failure prevented the blast before he fled to Poland.

A Warsaw court has ordered his arrest on attempted murder charges involving illegally obtained explosives, with investigators alleging he acted on orders from Russian intelligence. Polish authorities say this is the second such recruitment case uncovered in a week, following the August 13 detention of a Russian citizen accused of plotting to kill a U.S.-Ukrainian rapper.

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