The man who could have helped Russians with Zelenskyy's assassination attempt gets 3.5 years in prison
Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport (Illustrative photo: Darek Delmanowicz / EPA)

Poland sentenced to several years in prison a man who acted for Russian military intelligence, and the information he provided could have helped the occupiers assassinate the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. About reported Jacek Dobrzyński, spokesman for the minister-coordinator of special services of Poland.

According to him, the convict is Paweł K., a 50-year-old resident of Hrubieszów (a city in eastern Poland located near the Ukrainian border), who expressed his willingness to act for foreign intelligence against Poland.

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Thus, the man declared his desire to join the structures of Russian military intelligence and perform relevant tasks: they consisted of transmitting data on the security of the Rzeszów-Jasionka airport – and the disclosure of this information could help in planning an assassination attempt on Zelenskyy, Dobzhynsky noted.

He added that Paweł K. also declared his readiness to join the terrorist Wagner Group and the military unit of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Federation (the agency is better known by its previous name – the Main Intelligence Directorate, GRU – Ed.)

The man was charged with two articles – espionage and illegal possession of weapons and ammunition.

The District Court in Zamostia found Paweł K. guilty and sentenced him to a total of 3 years and 6 months in prison.

  • Polish law enforcement officers the man  charged  in May 2025, and he was arrested in April 2024.
  • The former head of the SSU, Malyuk, said that that year his agency prevented attempts on Zelenskyy's life in Kyiv and at Rzeszow Airport.