Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said that an explosion on a railway track used to transport military goods and aid to Ukraine was caused by an “unprecedented act of sabotage”.
Tusk wrote on social media on November 17 that the explosion occurred a day earlier on a track running from Warsaw to the eastern Polish city of Lublin, about 100 kilometres from the border with Ukraine.
“Blowing up a railway track on the Warsaw-Lublin route is an unprecedented act of sabotage against the security of the Polish state and its citizens. this route is also crucial for the delivery of aid to Ukraine. We will find the perpetrators, whoever they are,” Tusk wrote, adding that the investigation was ongoing.
He did not provide details about the explosion or who might have been behind it, but said a second location with damage was found on the same line further east.
Meanwhile,” Ukrzaliznytsia “said how the schedule of the train” Kiev – Warsaw “will be affected by the incident on the Polish railway.
“As reported by the Polish side, confirmed information about an attempted sabotage on the section Warsaw – Lublin, where an explosive device was triggered, destroying a section of track. The investigation is continuing. The movement is carried out on the adjacent track. The impact on the schedule of our train Kiev – Warsaw: +25 minutes, all connecting trains to our transfer trains to Chelm – also on schedule”, – stated in the message.
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.
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.