Special Services

Since the start of the full-scale invasion against Ukraine, the Russians have committed numerous war crimes against civilians. According to estimates from the beginning of the war, thousands of Ukrainian children were taken to Russian territory and subjected to forced Russification. This shows that the Kremlin's goal is to annihilate the Ukrainian nation.

The Military Counterintelligence Service (SKW) has identified another suspect for espionage activities on behalf of Russia. The man was detained, and at the prosecutor's office he was charged with the offence of spying for Russian intelligence. According to the Court's decision, he was arrested for 3 months.

Poland’s counter-intelligence and counter-terrorism agency – the Internal Security Agency (ABW) – has detained twelve people on charges of collaborating with the Russian intel and security services. On order of the Russians, the suspects conducted intelligence activities against Poland and prepared acts of subversion in the country.

The Russian services use the visits of Poles in the Kaliningrad Oblast for activities aimed at obtaining intelligence information, warns the Government Plenipotentiary for the Security of the Information Space of the Republic of Poland, Stanisław Żaryn.

The Chinese presence in Europe and Poland is an important element of Beijing's policy, which aims to systematically increase its influence on Western countries.

At the request of the Head of the Internal Security Agency, a Russian citizen, Victor Bezeka, was entered on the list of foreigners undesirable on the territory of the Republic of Poland, whose journalistic activity is part of the Kremlin's information war against Poland and the EU.

With the ongoing war in Ukraine, in the Polish cyberspace, there are more and more occurrences classified as computer incidents, including attacks perpetrated by Russian hackers. This is a response of the Russian Federation to the Poland’s support provided to Ukraine and an attempt to destabilise the situation in our country.

Russian propaganda manipulates information, creating a picture of reality favorable to Russia that lends credence to Moscow's aggressive policy. Russia's information activities constantly target the West.

On Nov. 17th, 2022, Poland’s Minister-Coordinator of Intelligence and Security Services Mariusz Kamiński held a meeting in Warsaw with the U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines.

Today in Warsaw, Poland’s Minister – Special Services Coordinator Mariusz Kamiński met with Director of CIA William Burns, to discuss the current security situation in the light of the Russian aggression against Ukraine.