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Polish prosecutors are investigating a suspected plot to set fire to a factory that supplies military drones to Ukraine, Anadolu Agency reported, citing TVP World.
The alleged target was a “Flytronic” facility in the southern city of Gliwice. It is owned by “WB Group”, Poland’s largest privately owned defence manufacturer.
Prosecutors in Gliwice said they had opened an investigation into an attempt to recruit someone to carry out sabotage on behalf of a foreign intelligence service. The case has been transferred to the Internal Security Agency (ABW).
The outlet Vot Tak uncovered the alleged plot earlier this month after one of its journalists, posing as a Belarusian looking for work, contacted a recruiter on “Telegram”.
The recruiter, using the pseudonym Joker, first offered payment for setting fire to vehicles with Ukrainian licence plates, then proposed a $30,000 arson attack on the drone factory. The recruiter’s account was traced to a Russian telephone number registered in the Saratov region, according to the report.
“Flytronic” makes “FlyEye” reconnaissance drones used by Ukrainian forces to direct artillery fire.
The investigation follows an August fire at another “WB Group” facility in Skarzysko-Kamienna, which Prime Minister Donald Tusk described as “an act of sabotage”. Prosecutors are examining whether the fire was deliberately started on behalf of a foreign intelligence agency.
