WARSAW: Three Ukrainians have been jailed in Poland for belonging to a gang accused of committing and preparing “acts of sabotage and terrorism” in Europe on Russia’s behalf, prosecutors said on Friday.
The conviction of the three men is part of a wider investigation, notably into fires at two shopping centers in Warsaw and an IKEA store in Vilnius, the capital of neighboring Lithuania, last year.
The Warsaw fire in May 2024 was “the result of an act of sabotage, perpetrated by members of an organized crime group acting on behalf of the intelligence agencies of the Russian Federation,” a statement read.
The group operated in Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine and Russia, it added.
The three men were sentenced to one year and four months, 2.5 years and 5.5 years at a court in Warsaw.
