Poland’s PM Tusk says two responsible for railway blast worked for Russian intelligence

WARSAW – Poland has identified two people responsible for an explosion on a railway route to Ukraine, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Nov 18, adding that they were Ukrainians who collaborated with Russian intelligence and that they had fled to Belarus.

The blast on the Warsaw-Lublin line,
which connects the Polish capital to the Ukrainian border, followed a wave of arson, sabotage and cyber attacks in Poland and other European countries since the start of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Warsaw has said Poland has become one of Moscow’s biggest targets due to its role as a hub for aid to Kyiv. Russia has repeatedly denied being responsible for acts of sabotage.

“The most important information is that... we have identified the people responsible for the acts of sabotage,” Mr Tusk told lawmakers.

“In both cases, we are sure that the attempt to blow up the rails and the railway infrastructure violation were intentional and their aim was to cause a railway traffic catastrophe,” he said.

Earlier on Nov 18, a spokesperson for Poland’s special services minister said everything pointed to Russian intelligence services commissioning sabotage on Polish railways. REUTERS