Donald Tusk says suspect in plot to kill an American was "someone on the order of Russia"

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Thursday that Polish security services had stopped a Russian-backed plot to assassinate a Ukrainian-born American citizen in Warsaw. A suspect detained Aug. 7 was allegedly recruited by Russian intelligence, Tusk said, and the intended target had become inconvenient to the Putin regime. Poland’s intelligence oversight minister, Tomasz Siemoniak, said U.S. agencies took part in the operation. Tusk described the case as the first time a threat of that national magnitude had been aimed at an American on NATO territory. Officials released no further details, and Russia’s Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond. The episode highlights intelligence and security risks facing allied countries.