The sabotage on the Polish railway was committed by two Ukrainian citizens who came to Poland from the territory of Belarus and managed to flee to the same country after committing an act of sabotage. This was stated by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk during a speech in the Sejm on 18 November.
“The identified persons are two citizens of Ukraine, who have been cooperating and acting in the interests of the Russian security services for a long time,” said Tusk.
He noted that their personal details had been established, but in the interests of the investigation he did not disclose this information, specifying only that one of the persons involved had been convicted in absentia by a Ukrainian court in Lviv for sabotage.
Moscow has not yet commented on the statements by representatives of the Polish authorities about the involvement of the Russian Federation in the act of sabotage.
On the eve it became known that in the north-east of Poland damaged railway track on the line connecting the country with Ukraine. The damage was noticed by the train driver and reported it to the police in Mazowieckie Voivodeship.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the explosion was caused by an “unprecedented act of sabotage.”
Polish officials, as well as representatives of other European countries, have long accused Moscow of waging a “hybrid” campaign of sabotage and espionage against those countries helping Ukraine since Russia launched a full-scale invasion in February 2022.
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Last month, Polish authorities arrested eight people suspected of spying or planning attacks on behalf of Russia.
In January, Tusk accused Russia of planning “acts of air terror” against airlines around the world. His comments came amid a growing number of suspicious incidents. Some involved international airlines and allegations that Russia tried to plant explosives on cargo flights, while others involved ships damaging undersea cables.
Moscow has regularly denied Western accusations of terrorist attacks, such as arson, break-ins, poisonings and attacks on people in the West.