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- Military Counterintelligence Service detained a long-serving Ministry of National Defense employee on February 3, 2026, at ministry headquarters in Warsaw, Onet reported.
- A months-long counterintelligence investigation documented the suspect's contacts with operatives from eastern intelligence services, leading to his detention, security sources say.
- The 60-year-old official was identified as a long-serving employee who began work in the 1990s, held mid-level roles in the Department of Strategy and Planning, and faced workplace and residence searches with interrogation by security services.
- The Military Counterintelligence Service, with Military Police and the National Prosecutor's Office, stated prosecution proceedings are underway and further arrests cannot be ruled out.
- Amid broader tensions over espionage, Poland as a hub for aid to Ukraine has become a key target for Russian espionage, and last year Law and Justice called to move the Russian embassy in Warsaw, located around 500 metres from the defence ministry.
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The man has been under investigation for several months. Polish counter-intelligence services arrested a suspected man on 3 February...
Polish counter-intelligence officers detained a member of the defence agency working for the Russian Federation.
A long-time civilian employee of the Polish Ministry of Defense was arrested on Tuesday at work on suspicion of spying for Russia and Belarus. On the same day, the district court in the city of Zamość sentenced 50-year-old Paweł K., who offered himself as an informant for the Russian secret services, to three and a half years in prison.
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