Zelenskyy talks with Tusk as Poland shares intel on railway sabotage
Photo: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Vitalii Nosach, RBC-Ukraine)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held talks with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. They discussed the consequences of Russian attacks and recent sabotage on the Polish railway.
According to Zelenskyy, Tusk expressed his condolences for those killed in Ternopil and dozens injured in other regions after another wave of Russian drone and missile strikes. The President thanked Poland for its solidarity and said that emergency restoration work is continuing in Ukraine.
Tusk also shared information from Polish law enforcement and intelligence agencies about sabotage on the railway, which was organized using the social network Telegram, and launched a disinformation campaign against Ukraine. Zelenskyy emphasized that Ukraine faces similar subversive actions daily, including at railway infrastructure facilities.
"Our information is the same: all the facts indicate that there is a Russian trace behind all of this. No one except the Russians is interested in this," Zelenskyy says.
Ukraine and Poland have agreed to create a joint group to counter sabotage and prevent similar Russian operations in the future. Zelenskyy emphasizes that Kyiv is ready for comprehensive cooperation and information exchange.
Polish railway sabotage
New acts of sabotage on the railway have been recorded in Poland. Earlier, it became known that between November 15 and 17, the infrastructure of railway line No. 7 on the Warsaw East-Dorohusk section was damaged.
On one of the key routes leading to the Ukrainian border, the train driver noticed serious damage to the track near the PKP Mika station in the Żychlin area, Garwolin County, Mazovia Province.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk confirmed that the tracks on the Warsaw-Lublin route, which are used to deliver aid to Ukraine, were destroyed by an explosion. Ukrainian Railways specified that, according to the Polish side, an explosive device detonated on the section, damaging the railway track.
Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said that the Polish military would check the safety of another 120 kilometers of tracks leading to the border with Ukraine to prevent new attacks.
The Polish police have launched an investigation and are considering the possibility of sabotage in the interests of a foreign special service.
Warsaw will demand that Belarus detain and hand over the suspects in the explosions. One of them was already convicted in Lviv in May for sabotage in Ukraine, while the other is a native of the Donetsk region who previously worked in the prosecutor's office.
