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Russian intelligence services organised the spy network to engage in sabotage and propaganda, claims Warsaw.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Poland has charged a group of 16 foreigners with espionage after it shut down a Russian spy ring earlier this year.<\/p>\n The suspects, who are accused of undertaking sabotage and propaganda activities under the direction of Russian intelligence, have confessed to the charges, Warsaw said on Wednesday. The spy ring was dismantled earlier this year.<\/p>\n \u201cCharges have been filed against 16 foreigners accused of conducting espionage activities on behalf of Russian intelligence services on Polish territory and participating in an organised criminal group,\u201d the office of intelligence service coordinator Mariusz Kaminski said in a statement.<\/p>\n \u201cTheir assigned tasks included identifying military facilities and critical infrastructure, monitoring and documenting trains transporting military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine and preparing for train derailments,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n The sabotage and propaganda acts also aimed to turn Polish sentiment against neighbouring Ukraine, the statement said.<\/p>\n 16 rosyjskich szpieg\u00f3w staje przed s\u0105dem. Lubelscy prokuratorzy skierowali w\u0142a\u015bnie akty oskar\u017cenia przeciwko cz\u0142onkom gro\u017anej siatki szpiegowskiej \u2013 oskar\u017ceni na zlecenie rosyjskiego wywiadu prowadzili dzia\u0142ania wywiadowcze wok\u00f3\u0142\u00a0port\u00f3w morskich i jednostek militarnych,\u2026<\/p>\n\n