Poland says it has evidence that Russia was behind a fire that destroyed a Warsaw shopping center last year. It said it was closing the Russian Consulate in Krakow in response.

Poland blames Russian agents for 2024 mall fire, shuts Krakow consulate; Russia denies, calls claims Russophobic.

The fire broke out on May 12, 2024, in the Marywilska 44 shopping centre that housed some 1,400 shops and service points, a budget marketplace in a warehouse-like structure in a northern district of Warsaw.

The huge fire burned the largest mall in Polish capital Warsaw to the ground a year ago.

Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski announced the closure of Russia's consulate in Krakow on Monday following an investigation that found Moscow responsible for a 2024 arson in Warsaw.

A massive fire that destroyed a large shopping center in Warsaw last year was the result of arson ordered by Russian intelligence services, Polish officials said Sunday on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the blaze. The fire broke out May 12, 2024, in the Marywilska 44 shopping that…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski said Monday that he was ordering the closure of Russia’s consulate in the southern city of Krakow after Polish authorities said Russia was responsible for a fire that destroyed a shopping center in Warsaw last year. The fire broke out May 12, 2024, in the Marywilska […]

Poland's foreign minister said Monday that he was ordering the closure of the Russian Consulate in the southern city of Krakow, after authorities blamed Moscow for a fire that destroyed a shopping center in Warsaw last year. The national prosecutor's office also said Monday that it had pressed charges against two Ukrainian citizens who cooperated with the people who carried out the arson, identifying them only as Daniil B. and Oleksander V. The fire broke out May 12, 2024, in the Marywilska 44 shopping center that housed around 1,400 shops and service points, a budget marketplace in a warehouse-like structure in a northern district of Warsaw.

Polish officials close Russian consulate in Krakow after evidence links Russian special services to shopping center arson.