# Poland detains Russian over ‘execution’ plot in Warsaw, Tusk says

https://mins.news/en/item/21348

- France 24, 2026-08-13 14:54 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260813-poland-detains-russian-for-execution-plot-in-warsaw-tusk-says

> Poland has detained a Russian national allegedly planning to kill a Ukrainian-American dual citizen in Warsaw, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said. He described it as the first attempt by someone acting on Russia’s orders to attack an American citizen on NATO territory.

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