The safety Service of Ukraine reported that the assassination of president Volodymyr Zelenski was thwarted, which was to take place at the airport in Rzeszów. It was prepared by a Polish citizen acting on behalf of the GRU. “The case (...) took place in April 2024 and ended in detention and detention by the interior safety Agency,” said Tomasz Siemoniak, head of the Ministry of abroad Affairs.
Information about attempts to assassinate president Volodymr Zelenski present revealed Vasil Maluk, Head of the safety Service of Ukraine. He informed journalists that his subordinates had prevented 2 attempts to attack the head of state. 1 was to be reached in Kiev at the office of Zelenski last year, and the another was to be at the airport in Rzeszów. – The aim was to physically remove president Zelenski at the airport in Rzeszów. respective ways were considered. 1 of them was a drone, another sniper," Maluk said. Rzeszow-Jasionka Airport It is located almost 100 km from the border with Ukraine and is the main airport providing communication between the West and Ukraine.
According to Maluk, the assassination was to be carried out by retired Polish military, whose Russian services recruited decades ago.
Tomasz Siemoniak, head of the Ministry of abroad Affairs, referred to the information. "The case of thwarting the preparations for the assassination of the president of Ukraine took place in April 2024 and ended in the detention and detention of a Polish citizen who had specified plans and tried to establish cooperation with Russian services," he wrote on social media. Tomasz Siemoniak added that on 19 May 2025 he was sent to court an indictment against the arrested.
Details of the case were given by Jacek Dobrzyński, the spokesperson for the Ministry of abroad Affairs. He informed that Paweł K. had been detained by officers of the interior safety Agency in the Lublin state in connection with an investigation concerning "reporting readiness to act for abroad intelligence against the Republic". "It appears from the findings of the investigation that Paul K. reported readiness to act for the Russian GRU (military interview – ed.). His tasks included, among others, collecting information about Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport. This was to aid in planning by the Russian peculiar Services a possible assassination of the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenski," said the spokesperson for the Ministry of abroad Affairs. During the search of the whereabouts of the arrested person, illegally held ammunition was discovered.
The investigation which the interior safety Agency is conducting in this case (supervised by the National Prosecutor's Office) shall be conducted in cooperation with the Ukrainian safety Service and the Ukrainian Prosecutor's Office.
"We work closely with Ukrainian services on safety issues for president Volodymyr Zelenski", said Minister of Interior Tomasz Siemoniak.
President Andrzej Duda besides referred to SBU information in the afternoon. “No assassination has occurred, and this only shows that safety was assured”, said the head of the armed forces.
