A sniper attack on the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenski was thwarted at Rzeszów Airport

Update: According to the latest reports, the situation was to take place in April 2024.

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Niecodzienna sensacja na Podkarpaciu! Airport Rzeszów-Jasionka, które w ostatnich latach stało się jednym z najważniejszych punktów na mapie Europy Wschodniej, właśnie znalazło się w centrum międzynarodowej uwagi. SBU Ukrainy ujawniło, że to właśnie tutaj miało dojść do próby zamachu snajperskiego na prezydenta Ukrainy, Wołodymyra Zełenskiego.

The assassination of the President of Ukraine – the scenes of the case

Według szefa Służby Bezpieczeństwa Ukrainy Wasyla Maliuka, rozważano kilka scenariuszy. Jeden z nich zakładał attack drona FPV, inny – atak snajperski.

Update 23.06.2025 15:15

The assassination of the President of Ukraine – the scenes of the case

Według szefa Służby Bezpieczeństwa Ukrainy Wasyla Maliuka, rozważano kilka scenariuszy. Jeden z nich zakładał attack drona FPV, inny – atak snajperski. Zamachowcem miał być emerytowany polski wojskowy, zwerbowany dziesiątki lat temu przez rosyjskie służby specjalne. Maliuk podkreślił, że „mężczyzna wierzył w sowiecką ideę” i od lat nosił się z zamiarem przeprowadzenia zamachu.

Zatrzymanie nastąpiło w efekcie ścisłej współpracy polskich i ukraińskich służb. „Nasi polscy koledzy pracowali profesjonalnie, to była nasza wspólna Work z nimi” – powiedział Maliuk. Zadaniem podejrzanego było „fizyczne usunięcie Zełenskiego na lotnisku w Rzeszowie”

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In the course of the investigation, it turned out that SBU had already prevented two attempts to assassinate Zelenski: at the seat of the President in Kiev last year and at the airport in Rzeszów. The exact date of the incident in Poland was not given, but it is known that the case is developmental, and the services do not exclude further arrests.

Since April 2024, the Polish investigation has included Paweł K., who was to collect information about airport security and report it to Russian military intelligence. His actions may have helped plan the assassination of the President of Ukraine. Paul K. was detained, heard charges, and threatened to jail for up to 8 years.

The Ukrainian SBU publicly thanked Polish services for their effective cooperation in countering Russian threats.

Update 23.06.2025 16:05

The event was scheduled to take place in 2024

According to newly published information, the event was to take place in April 2024.

We work closely with Ukrainian services on security issues for President Volodomyr Zelensk. The case of thwarting the preparations for the assassination of the President of Ukraine took place in April 2024 and ended in detention by the ABW and detention for a Polish citizen who had such plans and tried to establish cooperation with Russian services. On May 19, 2025, he was sent to court with an indictment of his case. – Tomasz Siemoniak Minister of the Ministry of the Interior

In response to dozens of urgent calls and texts, I remind you of a message #ABW April last year: On 17 April 2024, officers of the Internal Security Agency, acting on the orders of the Mazovia Department of Foreign Affairs of the Department of Organized Crime and Corruption of the National Public Prosecutor's Office in Warsaw, detained a person suspected of reporting readiness to cooperate with Russian special services. Polish citizen Paweł K. was detained by ABW officers in the Lublin province in connection with the investigation concerning the notification of readiness to act for foreign intelligence against the Republic of Poland, i.e. for an act under Article 130 § 3 of the Criminal Code. With the arrest of the suspect, officers searched his whereabouts where evidence was secured as well as illegally held ammunition. The findings of the investigation show that Paul K. reported readiness to act in favour of the Russian GRU. His tasks included, among others, collecting information about Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport. This was to help, among other things, in Russian special services planning a possible assassination of the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski. On 18 April 2024, the District Court for the City of Warsaw applied a precautionary measure to the suspect in the form of a temporary arrest. The conduct of the Internal Security Agency, supervised by the National Prosecutor's Office, shall be carried out in cooperation with the Ukrainian authorities, the SBU and the Public Prosecutor's Office. – Jacek Dobrzyński – Ombudsman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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