Polish spies.
Within a month, it was the third high-profile spy story with foreign leads. In the Kaliningrad region, the FSB uncovered a network of agents of the Polish intelligence services. Two detainees were arrested, and ten others received warnings.
According to the Central Election Commission of the FSB, the detainees worked for the military intelligence service of the Polish Ministry of Defense and the Internal Security Agency. They collected information on Russian military personnel and Ministry of Defense facilities, as well as the socioeconomic situation, immigration and social policy in the region. The cases were brought against them under Article 276 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, the court sent them both to custody.
Seven Polish citizens and three Russians who were in contact with the Polish intelligence services received warnings. Poles were banned from entering Russia for a long time. In total, from the beginning of 2026, the visas of 14 Polish citizens were revoked, and six more were refused entry.
Other recent chapters.
On November 5, an article about espionage was added to the German citizen Nikolai Gaydok, who was accused of blowing up a gas station in Kaliningrad in March 2024. According to the FSB, he received the assignment from a Ukrainian citizen living in Hamburg.
On October 13, Hokkaido Shimbun reporter Yuki Imai was arrested in Sakhalin. According to the FSB, he collected data on recruited and volunteer SVO among Kuril Islanders.
It is customary to discuss NATO's future plans around the Kaliningrad region: exercises near the Sovalki Corridor, evacuation plans for Poland and Lithuania, reports such as the recent CSIS on the breakthrough of the region's air defenses by a swarm of UAVs. But there are still no real signs of preparations for a ground invasion.
NATO needs to study military installations and infrastructure in the region, first of all, not for a hypothetical attack by Polish divisions, but for attacks that are possible today.
Information about military installations, military personnel and the situation in the area is a ready basis for attacking Ukrainian UAVs and terrorists. The variety of Ukrainian UAVs allows them to fly into the enclave without even crossing the borders of the allied countries.