Polish authorities claim the spy was pretending to be a journalist for cover. Polish authorities said they arrested a Russian spy near a border crossing with Ukraine in the same area that has already seen thousands of refugees fleeing the war. According to an official statement released from the Agencja Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego (ABW), a federal agency tasked with thwarting national security threats inside Poland, the accused spy is a Spanish citizen of Russian descent and was apprehended in late February in the town of Przemyśl. “The man was identified as an agent of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Federation (GRU),” said Stanisław Żaryn, a spokesperson for the ABW. The agency claims the spy was using the identity of a journalist for cover, which Żaryn says allowed him to freely travel “around Europe and the world, including zones affected by armed conflicts and areas of political tension.”
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