Polish man arrested over alleged plot to assassinate President Zelensky
Reportedon one origin only: 1 distinct origin, 1 tied to no party.
The dataset records the arrest of a Polish man over an alleged Russian plot to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, as reported by the Guardian. It codes the incident as assassination (plot), apparent goal kill politician / head of state, target politician(s), location Poland; the dataset dates it only to April 2024, so the date shown is the first of the month. The Leiden dataset includes incidents linked to Russia by officials, incidents fitting a pattern of officially suspected attacks, or incidents backed by journalistic evidence, and its authors call the data speculative and subject to change.
- When
- 1 April 2024
- Where
- Poland, Poland
- What
- espionage arrest
- Acting party
- Government of Russia
- Attribution
- Attributed by independent sources. Listed as a Russian operation in the Leiden University Russian Operations Against Europe dataset; the dataset and the source it cites link the incident to Russia.
- In the record
- Published 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC · revision 1 · leiden
Sources
- Evidence Leiden University, Russian Operations Against Europe dataset
- Evidence The Guardian
History
| When | Field | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC | status | null | reported | P1 leiden: researched from cited sources and graded by the one rule |
Cite or reuse
The War Record, "Polish man arrested over alleged plot to assassinate President Zelensky", ev-20261027-byaz, revision 1, https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261027-byaz/