Poland to try suspect in alleged Russian plot to assassinate Zelenskiy

FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrives for the inaugural Mass of Pope Leo XIV in Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City, May 18, 2025. REUTERS/REMO CASILLI/File Photo

WARSAW (Reuters) -Polish authorities have indicted a man charged with planning to help Russian foreign intelligence services prepare a possible attempt to assassinate Ukraine's president, prosecutors said on Tuesday.

The man, identified as Pawel K., was arrested in April 2024 after cooperation between Polish and Ukrainian prosecutors, and faces up to eight years in prison.