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Polish Prosecutors Charge 18-Year-Old Ukrainian With 47 Sabotage Acts
An 18-year-old Ukrainian man faces charges for carrying out sabotage acts in Poland between November 2024 and August 2025. Prosecutors say the acts aimed to increase ethnic tensions between Poland and Ukraine.
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Polish prosecutors have charged an 18-year-old Ukrainian man with 47 criminal acts of sabotage carried out between November 2024 and August 2025. The suspect, identified as Illia K under Polish privacy laws, was arrested three days before a planned drone flight over a presidential vehicle during an August 15 military parade in Warsaw.
Prosecutors said he received tasks via a messaging service and sent photos to confirm completion.
The charges include desecrating memorials to Polish victims of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army and vandalizing the Monument to the Jewish Heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto. Prosecutors said the suspect placed inscriptions and symbols that glorified the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.
The Internal Security Agency stated the aim was to incite ethnic tensions between Poland and Ukraine. Prosecutors said the suspect acted for financial reasons while the acts benefited foreign intelligence.
The suspect allegedly recruited others using cryptocurrencies registered in Russia and China. He faces life in prison if convicted. The agency reported launching 48 espionage investigations in 2025, more than double the number from the previous year.
