# Poland arrests Russian man over alleged plot to assassinate U.S.-Ukrainian national, Tusk says

https://mins.news/en/item/21546

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-08-13 18:52 UTC
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- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/poland-arrests-russian-man-for-alleged-assassination-plot-against-us-ukrainian-national-pm-tusk-says/

> Polish authorities arrested a Russian man accused of planning to kill a U.S.-Ukrainian dual citizen in Warsaw, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said. Tusk alleged that Russian services recruited the suspect and ordered him to carry out an execution, calling it the first such attempted assassination of an American citizen in another NATO country.

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