INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Poland on Friday said it had detained a Belarusian man on suspicion of being part of a "Russian spy ring" which it claimed planned to derail
trains carrying aid to Ukraine.Poland, a key ally of Ukraine, had previously reported arrests in the investigation, including that of a
Russian ice hockey player in June who was also held on espionage charges."Belarusian Mikhail A
took part in reconnaissance of military facilities and ports
Petersburg and Crimea.""The man often changed the means of communication and was destroying traces of his criminal activities," the
derailing trains carrying aid to Ukraine" as well as "inciting sentiments against the Ukrainian nation or providing aid to Ukraine by
airspace, which prompted Poland's decision to reinforce its eastern border.In a statement published Friday, the Polish foreign ministry
called on Minsk "to urgently clarify the incident..
and to stop all provocations along the Polish-Belarusian border."
