Russia involved in railway explosions in Poland, security services say
Photo: Russia involved in railway explosions in Poland (Getty Images)
Everything points to the Russian special services being involved in organizing the explosions on the Polish railway, which was used to transport aid from allies to Ukraine, says Jacek Dobrzyński, spokesperson for the Polish special services coordinator.
"The fact is that everything indicates that this ... we can already confidently call it a terrorist attack," Jacek Dobrzyński says.
He also stresses that the investigation into the two incidents on the Polish railway should remain confidential at this stage to ensure its effectiveness.
"I cannot say what stage the officers are [at] or [what they are] currently working on and what threads they are connecting or what threads they are analysing. The Russian services would very much want to have this information: where our officers are or in which direction they are heading," adds the spokesperson for the Polish special services coordinator
Earlier, railway tracks were damaged in Poland on an important route leading to the border with Ukraine. The train driver noticed the infrastructure defect near the PKP Mika station in the Żychlin area, in the Garwolin County of the Mazovia Province.
Later, Prime Minister Donald Tusk confirmed that the tracks on the Warsaw-Lublin route, which are used to deliver aid to Ukraine, had been damaged by an explosion. Ukrzaliznytsia specified that, according to Polish services, an explosive device had detonated on the specified section and destroyed the track.
Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said that the Polish military would check the safety of another 120 kilometers of railway tracks leading to the Ukrainian border to prevent similar incidents in the future.
Investigators found out who bought two SIM cards for the phones used to blow up the tracks on the Warsaw-Lublin section.
