Polish Defense Ministry employee detained on suspicion of working for Russian and Belarusian intelligence

Poland’s Defense Ministry reported earlier today that one of its employees has been detained on suspicion of working for a foreign intelligence service. According to the statement, the arrest took place on Feb. 3 at the ministry’s headquarters in Warsaw. The case is being investigated by the country’s Military Counterintelligence Service.

The ministry did not disclose the suspect’s name or the country he is alleged to have spied for. However, the news website Onet, citing its own sources, reported that the detained employee is a 60-year-old man who had worked at the Defense Ministry since the 1990s and was part of its Strategy and Planning Department. According to the outlet, he is suspected of cooperating with Russian and Belarusian intelligence. Searches were conducted at his workplace and at his home as part of the investigation.

“We know that this man had direct contact and met with individuals identified as representatives of eastern intelligence services,” one Onet source said. “Security services monitored this person’s activities for many months. His actions were carefully documented and analyzed. Therefore, the evidence collected against him is very strong. This is one of their biggest successes,” another source told the outlet.