Russian security services arrest two Poles for alleged spying

MOSCOW: Russia’s security services have arrested two Polish citizens accused of spying for Warsaw in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, which borders Poland, Russian officials said Wednesday.

The FSB security services alleged the pair were part of Poland’s internal security agency and had been collecting information on the “servicemen and facilities of the Russian Ministry of Defense.”

It did not disclose their identities.

Diplomatic ties between Russia and Poland have been historically strained and frayed further over the Kremlin’s offensive in Ukraine, launched in 2022, as Warsaw supports Kyiv politically and with military aid.

Criminal cases have been opened against the pair with the two remanded in custody, the FSB said in a statement.