A Polish court jailed a Ukrainian man for eight years Friday for planning sabotage attacks on behalf of Russia.
The 51-year-old man identified as Sergiy S. was convicted of being part of a criminal group that had prepared acts of sabotage for foreign secret services.
The regional court in Wroclaw "sentenced him to eight years in prison", court spokesman Marek Poteralski told AFP.
After Sergiy S. was arrested in January 2024, Poland's ABW internal security agency said the man was "preparing to torch buildings" in the southwestern city "close to infrastructure elements of strategic importance".
The agency said at the time that he was "acting within an organised criminal group, under the orders of the Russian secret services".
Four other people had also been charged in the case.
Poland has been a strong ally of Kyiv since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
The EU and NATO member is one of the main countries through which Western nations supply weapons and munitions to Ukraine to help in the fight against Russia.
Since the invasion, Poland has detained several people suspected of planning sabotage attacks on behalf of Russia.
Last May, Poland announced it would restrict the movement of Russian diplomats in response to what it termed Moscow's hybrid warfare.
In October, Poland ordered the closure of the Russian consulate in the western city of Poznan over sabotage attempts it blamed on Russia.
In a tit-for-tat move, Russia then ordered the closure of Poland's consulate in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg.
Poland responded that it would close all the Russian consulates on its soil if the "terrorism" it blamed on Moscow carried on.