Polish Man Arrested Over Alleged Russian Plot to Assassinate Zelenskyy

Polish Man Arrested Over Alleged Russian Plot to Assassinate Zelenskyy

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PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2024UPDATED Apr 19

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The Facts

A Polish man — identified only as Pawel K. — was this week arrested after local authorities alleged he was part of a Russian plot to assassinate Ukrainian Pres. Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
In a statement from the office of Poland’s National Prosecutor on Thursday, the man was accused of being prepared to pass airport security information from the Rzeszow-Jasionka airport in southeastern Poland to Russian agents.

The Spin

Pro-establishment narrative

It's only thanks to the diligent work of Polish, Ukrainian, and German intelligence officials that these heinous and unacceptable Russian plots were discovered. Nonetheless, these are grave escalations by Russia and they are utmostly condemned.

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Pro-Russia narrative

If Russia wanted to assassinate Zelenskyy, why not do it on the dozens of occasions he takes pictures with troops on the frontlines in Ukraine? If Russia's enemies believe the country is foolish enough to stage such an attack to achieve its wider military aims, those enemies have bad news coming.

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Nerd narrative

There's a 24% chance that Ukraine will join the EU before 2030, according to the Metaculus prediction community.

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