{
  "id": 887742,
  "title": "Polish PM Donald Tusk says a suspect recruited by Moscow planned the killing of a Ukrainian-American in Warsaw",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/polish-pm-donald-tusk-says-a-suspect-recruited-by-moscow-planned-the",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T16:45:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Insider",
    "slug": "the-insider",
    "url": "https://theins.press/en/news/296047"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On August 7, Polish security services apprehended a Russian national who had been enlisted by Moscow's intelligence to orchestrate the murder of an individual of U.S. and Ukrainian dual citizenship in Warsaw, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk disclosed during a press conference on August 14, based on Reuters' report. The intended victim was a dual national, whom Tusk described as \"inconvenient\" for Vladimir Putin's administration. He informed that Poland's Internal Security Agency (ABW) and police had thwarted \"this execution, this attack\". Tusk declined to reveal the detainee's or the intended victim's identity. According to RMF FM's local radio station, the target was a defense industry entrepreneur who provided goods to Ukraine. The accused was identified as a 29-year-old resident of Donbas, an eastern Ukrainian region partially occupied by Russia since 2014. He was apprehended in Warsaw's Mokotów District by officers from the Warsaw police force, which specializes in counter-terrorism, killings, and criminal violence, with assistance from the nation's counterterrorism service. Tusk emphasized that this marked the first instance where someone acting under Russia's direction had tried to assassinate a U.S. citizen in another NATO country. He cautioned that the Putin regime would likely attempt to eliminate people who are troublesome for various reasons in various locations globally, hence the \"extremely intensive\" efforts from Poland to prevent any further attacks against Polish or other national citizens. Tusk revealed he had a detailed conversation with the minister responsible for coordinating Poland's security services, stating that Poland would likely face similar pressure in the future and they would need to work hard to avert such situations. In June, Russian opposition artist Semyon Skrepetsky (real name Robert Kuzovkov), 44, was fatally shot during a planned attack in the Polish city of Biała Podlaska, just three days after staging an anti-Putin demonstration in Berlin. Poland subsequently expelled nine Ukrainians and two Belarusians accused of mobilizing Ukrainian refugee protests with Russian funding. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk also confirmed a recent railway sabotage incident, carried out by two Ukrainian citizens acting on Russia's orders, targeting military facilities and chemical plants.",
  "summary": "On Aug. 7, Polish security services detained a Russian citizen who had been recruited by Russian intelligence services to organize the killing in Warsaw of a person with U.S. and Ukrainian citizenship, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced at a news conference on Aug. 14, according to Reuters . Tusk said the target was a dual national who was inconvenient for Vladimir Putin’s regime. He…",
  "key_points": [
    "Russian national recruited by Moscow to kill Ukrainian-American in Warsaw",
    "Polish authorities thwarted the assassination attempt on August 7",
    "First known instance of Russia attempting to assassinate a U.S. citizen in NATO"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}