Poland's Internal Security Agency (ABW) detained six people suspected of working for Russian special services in an operation linked to ongoing investigations into espionage and sabotage activities in Poland. According to Poland's minister-coordinator of special services, Tomasz Siemoniak, the group allegedly supplied Russia with significant quantities of military-grade materials used for ammunition and weapons systems. The detainees comprise five Polish nationals aged 25 to 52 and a 37-year-old Russian woman. Four of the six suspects have been placed in pretrial detention on espionage charges, while two are under noncustodial preventive measures. The detentions are part of a broader ABW-led probe in which nearly 100 people have been designated as suspects in espionage and sabotage cases since Jan. 1, 2024. As part of the latest phase of the investigation, officers searched 21 locations across the Warmia-Masuria, Pomerania, and Greater Poland provinces between Oct. 21 and Nov. 2, 2026. In parallel, on Nov. 2 Polish media reported the deployment of police counterterrorism units near Russia's Kaliningrad exclave after Polish military intelligence and allied services warned in late October of possible sabotage near the Russian border, potentially involving incursions by armed groups. National police chief Marek Boron stated that the heightened security presence aims to protect residents and infrastructure amid concerns over sabotage and foreign intelligence activity. The report situates these developments within a wider European effort to prepare for potential Russian hybrid attacks involving drones, missiles, sabotage, and cyberattacks designed to test NATO states and pressure them over support for Ukraine.

Poland's Internal Security Agency (ABW) detained six people suspected of working for Russian special services in an operation linked to ongoing investigations into espionage and sabotage activities in Poland. According to Poland's minister-coordinator of special services, Tomasz Siemoniak, the group allegedly supplied Russia with significant quantities of military-grade materials used for ammunition and weapons systems. The detainees comprise five Polish nationals aged 25 to 52 and a 37-year-old Russian woman. Four of the six suspects have been placed in pretrial detention on espionage charges, while two are under noncustodial preventive measures. The detentions are part of a broader ABW-led probe in which nearly 100 people have been designated as suspects in espionage and sabotage cases since Jan. 1, 2024. As part of the latest phase of the investigation, officers searched 21 locations across the Warmia-Masuria, Pomerania, and Greater Poland provinces between Oct. 21 and Nov. 2, 2026. In parallel, on Nov. 2 Polish media reported the deployment of police counterterrorism units near Russia's Kaliningrad exclave after Polish military intelligence and allied services warned in late October of possible sabotage near the Russian border, potentially involving incursions by armed groups. National police chief Marek Boron stated that the heightened security presence aims to protect residents and infrastructure amid concerns over sabotage and foreign intelligence activity. The report situates these developments within a wider European effort to prepare for potential Russian hybrid attacks involving drones, missiles, sabotage, and cyberattacks designed to test NATO states and pressure them over support for Ukraine.