Ukrainian Indicted in Poland for Russian-Ordered Sabotage and Monument Vandalism

A Polish court has received an indictment against an 18-year-old Ukrainian citizen, Illia K., accused of conducting numerous sabotage and diversionary operations under the direction of Russian special services. The charges stem from acts carried out between November 2024 and August 2025, as reported by Jacek Dobrzyński, spokesperson for the coordinator of special services.

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According to the indictment, Illia K. allegedly defaced several significant Polish monuments and public buildings with slogans glorifying the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) and Stepan Bandera. These included inscriptions on the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes in Warsaw, the Volhynia Massacre Monument in Domostawa, and a monument commemorating Poles murdered by the OUN and UPA in Wrocław. He also painted the red-and-black UPA flag on buildings belonging to the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław. Security services have gathered evidence of 47 such offenses.

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The young Ukrainian, on the orders of Russian services, placed inscriptions on buildings and memorial sites glorifying UPA and Stepan Bandera.

Beyond vandalism, the Ukrainian national is also accused of preparing a diversionary act involving a drone. Prosecutors detailed that Illia K. intended to fly a drone over the car carrying the President of Poland during the Victory Day parade on August 15, 2025, in Warsaw. He reportedly discussed the type of device, costs, financing, execution methods, and ways to avoid detection. He also researched drone purchases and the parade route. This plan was thwarted by his arrest.

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ABW officers and investigators from the National Prosecutor's Office have gathered evidence of as many as 47 such offenses.

Investigations by the Internal Security Agency (ABW) and the National Prosecutor's Office revealed a recruitment mechanism utilizing internet messengers, with payments made in cryptocurrency through exchanges registered in Russia and China. Illia K. was apprehended on August 12, 2025, and remains in custody. He initially confessed to the charges but later changed his testimony.

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The accused intended - during the parade for the Polish Armed Forces Day, planned for August 15, 2025, in Warsaw - to fly a drone over the car in which the President of the Republic of Poland was to be.