Polish rail track sabotaged by Ukrainians working for Russia, Tusk says – POLITICO

WARSAW — Saboteurs who damaged a small section of a rail line linking the Polish capital to the eastern city of Lublin and on to Ukraine were two Ukrainians working for Russia, Prime Minister Donald Tusk told the Polish parliament Tuesday.

Train traffic along the busy route was halted Sunday morning after a high-speed Intercity train driver spotted damage to the line, warning nearby trains. “The outcome could have been a serious disaster with victims,” Tusk told MPs.

The perpetrators are two Ukrainian nationals “who have been operating and cooperating with Russian services for a prolonged period of time,” the Polish leader said. They had left their country for Belarus, from where they arrived in Poland shortly before carrying out the attack on the rail line. Both returned to Belarus before Polish services identified them.