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Poland arrests Russian spy hired to kill Ukrainian-American citizen

Poland has arrested a Russian national suspected of being hired by Russian intelligence services to assassinate a Ukrainian-American citizen in Warsaw. Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced the arrest, stating that the detained individual was recruited to eliminate someone deemed inconvenient by the Putin regime. The successful prevention of the planned attack is attributed to the swift action of Poland's Internal Security Agency and police. AI

RANK_REASON Arrest of a foreign national by intelligence services for a politically motivated assassination plot. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.1]

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Poland arrests Russian spy hired to kill Ukrainian-American citizen

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Reuters ·

    Poland says it arrested Russian hired to kill Ukrainian-American citizen

    Poland has ⁠arrested a ⁠Russian man who was ⁠hired by Moscow to kill a Ukrainian-American citizen in Warsaw, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday. The Russian was detained on August ‌7 and had been recruited to kill a man who was “inconvenient to the Putin regime”, …