# Poland detains Ukrainian suspected of plotting assassination on Russia’s orders

https://mins.news/en/item/27495

- Meduza, 2026-08-20 15:38 UTC
- World
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/20/poland-detains-ukrainian-suspected-of-trying-to-assassinate-a-ukrainian-defense-industry-official-on-russia-s-orders

> Poland detained 63-year-old Ukrainian citizen Serhiy P. in Warsaw over suspicions that he tried to assassinate an unnamed Ukrainian defense-industry representative in Irpin. Authorities say he placed a homemade remote-triggered explosive under the target’s car, but it malfunctioned. Investigators believe Russian intelligence services directed him, and a Warsaw court ordered his arrest on attempted-murder charges.

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