The trial of Serhija S. has started, who was planned to set fire to the factory in Wrocław on behalf of the Russian intelligence services. Earlier, the District Court in Wrocław did not agree to the voluntary submission of punishment by the accused. The verdict is to be announced in two weeks. The prosecutor wants five years in prison, defense of acquittal.
Serhij S., 51-year-old citizen Ukraineat the request of the Russian intelligence services, he was to prepare for subversive and sabotage activities. He was detained on January 31, 2024 in Wrocław by officers of the Internal Security Agency.
He was charged with, among others regarding the preparation of arson of various facilities in Wrocław. S. Initially, he did not admit to the allegations of espionage, diversion and participation in the criminal group, but he answered the prosecutor's questions.
The thread of the Internet user “Alexei” appeared in the case, with which Serhij S. was to make contact after the invasion Russia to Ukraine. The man used the message “Telegram” “Nick” Lucky Strike “. According to “Wyborcza”, he wrote to Serhij that he was from Kiev and runs a construction company. Their contact broke off when Serhij went to German. In November last year, “Lucky Strike” offered him a meeting at Lithuania or Latvia. They finally arranged in January in Wrocław.
The accused citizen of Ukraine Serhij S. in the hall of the District Court in WrocławPAP/Maciej Kulczyński
Explanations of the accused
At the Friday hearing, the court read the explanations of the accused Serhija S. “I asked what a specific proposal – he said that he would tell me how I would come. After one or two days we ordered an online ticket for the route Wrocław -Frankfurt. The site, after purchase, I already have a ticket. I paid for the hostel in Wroclaw for three days, after that I decided to sink and take a walk. , why he would not come. Proposal ” – judge Marcin Walczak read the explanations of the accused Serhija S.
Judge Marcin Myczkowski in the Hall of the District Court in WrocławTvn24
Although the aforementioned “Alexei” did not reach a meeting with S., through the Telegram service he asked for photos of DIY stores, as well as checking whether there are cars on Ukrainian registration numbers in the parking lots, and finally to set something on setting something, e.g. one of such facilities. The man was to get $ 2,000 in advance, and after the action another 2000 after the action.
Serhij tried to convince investigators that he was preparing to cheat “Alexei” and asked his wife to take pictures of a burnt shed in a town in Germany, where they lived.
Order to a factory in Wrocław
According to the ABW, a citizen of Ukraine, acting on behalf of Russian special services, planned to set fire to facilities in Wrocław, which are in a close range of strategic infrastructure elements.
As “Gazeta Wyborcza” established, “It was a paint factory at Kwidzyńska Street in Wrocław”.
During the arrest and search of the luggage of Serhija S. officers managed to find evidence of the planned crime.
In his luggage – according to “Wyborcza” – found: two packages of the grill tributes; Two bottles of juice filled with liquid (it turned out that it was also a grill fireplace, but in a different form); on the phone EV Melnykov's book “Modern pyrotechnics”; Instructions for Ukrainians who want to support the Russian invasion; Movies showing how to hide detonators in explosives in a bar, how to make an explosive, how to handle a military face and melee; Recordings of fires and explosions and recording from Google Street View from New York.
In October, the Wrocław court rejected the prosecutor's request to convict the accused without conducting the hearing and submitting to the three years of ruthless prison. At that time, the court decided that the entire court cord would be carried out against Serhija S..
The District Court in Wrocław did not agree to the voluntary claim for the punishment of Ukrainian citizen Serhija S., who was to plan arsonTvn24
The suspect is punishable by imprisonment of up to 12 years.
A week after Serhi's detention S. “Lucky Strike” on a telegram he offered $ 5,000 for burning the same center with paints in Wrocław.
The verdict is to be announced in two weeks. The prosecutor wants five years in prison, defense of acquittal.
Serhij S. is not the only one
“S. at the beginning of the war left Ukraine. In his explanations he said that he did not want to participate in the armed conflict. The motivation of his actions related to the charges he had was financial,” said the prosecutor's office …
At the end of May, the National Prosecutor's Office announced that three other people heard allegations in this case – a Polish citizen and two Belarusians. They are suspected of participating in an organized criminal group, aimed at conducting activities for a foreign interview against the Republic of Poland and to take part in the Russian intelligence and undertaking in exchange for the promise of obtaining property benefits of subversive and sabotage activities in Poland. The prosecutor's office then stated that men are suspected of “setting fire in various parts of the country.” They come in temporary custody and are threatened with life imprisonment.
Source of the main photo: PAP/Maciej Kulczyński