As part of an investigation conducted by the Lublin branch of the National Prosecutor's Office (PZ PK), on November 25th and 26th, officers of the Internal Security Agency (ABW) and the Police detained 5 individuals: 2 citizens of Ukraine (Oleksandr S. and the minor Sofia Ch.) and 3 citizens of Belarus (Viktoryia M., Anton M., and Uladzimir U.) - the National Prosecutor's Office reports.

The prosecutor presented the detained individuals with charges of acting in 2024 on behalf of foreign intelligence against Poland. The suspects' actions reportedly included, among other things, taking photographs of critical infrastructure objects and locations crucial for Poland's security, and transmitting them to foreign intelligence. They have been arrested for 3 months.

As indicated by the prosecutor's office, cooperation with foreign intelligence constitutes the crime of espionage and is punishable by imprisonment for 5 to 30 years.