Poland detains Belarusian man on suspicion of spying for Minsk, including in Lithuania

Intelligence & EspionageHuman Intelligence (HUMINT)Recruitment of locals

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Summary

Poland detains Belarusian Pavel T. on Feb 9, 2026, for espionage activities favoring Minsk, operating in Poland, Germany, and Lithuania since June 2024.

Poland publicly announced on February 23, 2026, that it detained Pavel T., a Belarusian national, on February 9 on suspicion of espionage for Belarusian military intelligence. According to spokesperson Przemysław Nowak, Pavel T. conducted espionage between June 2024 and February 2026, focusing on identifying critical infrastructure components important to Poland and NATO defense in Poland, Germany, and Lithuania. The suspect is in pretrial detention for three months and faces a minimum five-year prison sentence if convicted. The arrest was a result of cooperation between Polish Internal Security Agency, Germany's domestic intelligence (BfV), and Lithuania's State Security Department (VSD). This case is part of broader concerns about Russian and Belarusian efforts to destabilize countries backing Ukraine.

Classification

Confidence: High

The event concerns the arrest of a Belarusian spy working for Belarusian military intelligence against Poland and NATO countries, constituting a clear aggressor espionage activity.

Source URL

https://lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2848203/poland-detains-belarusian-man-on-suspicion-of-spying-for-minsk-including-in-lithuania

Open source

Provenance

Publisher: extension
Submitted: Feb 23, 2026, 16:07 UTC
Last updated: Nov 8, 2026, 19:46 UTC
Event time: Feb 9, 2026, 00:00 UTC

Published as a hybrid-warfare signal with a public source and reviewer-approved assessment bands. See the methodology for how records are assessed.

Raw record

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  "incident_type": "Recruitment of locals",
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  "event_time_utc": "2026-02-09T00:00:00.000Z",
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Public assessmentReliability: StrongSeverity: ModerateAttribution: LowSingle sourceTime: Same dayLocation: Regional

Source reliability

Info credibility

Event time

Feb 9, 2026, 00:00 UTC

Event time confidence

pm24h

Location

Poland

Primary actor

Pavel T.

Country

Poland

Tags

Belarus, Poland, Espionage, Belarusian military intelligence, NATO, Lithuania, Germany, Internal Security, Counterintelligence, Hybrid warfare

Nodes

Node 1: Borders

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