A Russian citizen was charged with espionage in Poland after he was caught taking photographs of the country’s railway infrastructure, police in Lower Silesia said Friday. Authorities said officers patrolling after a football match in Świdnica, south-western Poland, stumbled upon the 55-year-old Russian national as he was taking photographs of passing trains at an unguarded railway crossing. Police found a large amount of evidence suggesting that the man took pictures of strategic infrastructure systematically.
Prosecutors are now investigating “activities for foreign intelligence against the Republic of Poland,” the regional authority added. Poland has faced multiple sabotage attacks against its military and railway infrastructure over the past year. Prime Minister Donald Tusk accused Ukrainian nationals of “cooperating with Russian services” after a November 2025 attack damaged a rail line close to the Polish-Ukrainian border.
Fires broke out at a drone-components plant in Skarżysko-Kamienna and an aircraft-parts facility in Lublin in late August. In September, a Starlink communications station was set on fire near Warsaw.
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