{"id":499127,"date":"2025-11-28T17:13:46","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T14:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=499127"},"modified":"2025-11-28T17:54:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T14:54:24","slug":"three-belarusians-accused-of-working-for-foreign-intelligence-in-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/three-belarusians-accused-of-working-for-foreign-intelligence-in-poland","title":{"rendered":"Three Belarusians Accused of Working for Foreign Intelligence in Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Three Belarusians \u2014 <b>Viktoryia M.<\/b>, <b>Anton M.<\/b> and <b>Uladzimir U.<\/b> \u2014 as well as two Ukrainians, <strong>Oleksandr S.<\/strong> and <strong>Sofiia Ch.<\/strong>, were detained on 25\u201326 November in Warsaw and Bia\u0142ystok. They have been charged with activities carried out in the interests of foreign intelligence against Poland, the Polish National Prosecutor\u2019s Office reported.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Polish Internal Security Agency (ABW), the suspects were recruited by a moderator on Telegram and \u201ccarried out acts of sabotage\u201d against Poland: <i>\u201cThey performed and transmitted photographic documentation of facilities, thereby obtaining information about critical infrastructure, systems, and sites essential for the security of Poland and its citizens, hung posters, and painted graffiti.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cIn addition, these individuals were prepared to carry out instructions and other tasks assigned by those directing this structure, for which they received payment from a cryptocurrency wallet. These actions correspond to the established and well-known modus operandi of Russian intelligence,\u201d<\/i> ABW stated.<\/p>\n<p>According to investigators, the suspects conducted their activities from March 2024 to February 2025 in Warsaw, \u0141\u00f3d\u017a, Rzesz\u00f3w, and other locations in Poland.<\/p>\n<p>On 26\u201327 November, investigative actions involving the suspects took place at the Lublin branch of the National Prosecutor\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>A court ordered three of them \u2014 Oleksandr S., Anton M., and Viktoryia M. \u2014 to be held in custody for three months.<\/p>\n<p>The minor Sofiia Ch. has been placed in a juvenile shelter for three months. Due to poor health (he is currently in hospital), Uladzimir U. was placed under a travel ban and prohibited from leaving Poland.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation is ongoing. Evidence continues to be collected and assessed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three Belarusians \u2014 Viktoryia M., Anton M. and Uladzimir U. \u2014 as well as two Ukrainians, Oleksandr S. and Sofiia Ch., were detained on 25\u201326 November in Warsaw and Bia\u0142ystok. They have been charged with activities carried out in the interests of foreign intelligence against Poland, the Polish National Prosecutor\u2019s Office reported. According to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":499126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/6929b7a78f84e.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Three Belarusians Accused of Working for Foreign Intelligence in Poland"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142339,142338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-499127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-news"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/499126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}