CNN —A Polish man has been charged over claims he assisted an alleged Russian plot to assassinate Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, according to authorities in Poland and Ukraine.
Prosecutors said the man agreed to provide information to Russian spies about security at Rzeszów-Jasionka airport, in southeastern Poland, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) from the border with Ukraine.
Ukrainian authorities said they uncovered the plot and handed key evidence to Polish officials, who then detained the accused on Polish territory.
“Our security authorities have prevented possible explosive detonations that were intended to affect and undermine our military aid to Ukraine.
The Russian Embassy in Berlin dismissed the accusations as an “outright provocation,” Russian state news agency TASS reported.
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