Poland Probes Railway Sabotage; Two Suspected Agents Linked to Russian Services
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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced that two Ukrainian citizens allegedly working for Russian special services are suspected of carrying out a sabotage attack on a key railway line used for transporting weapons to Ukraine. Speaking before Polish MPs, Tusk said the suspects left the country immediately after the blast, crossing into Belarus through the Terespol border post from which they had originally entered Poland. According to information cited by TVN24, both individuals had long-term ties to Russian intelligence. One had previously been convicted in Lviv for an act of sabotage on Ukrainian soil, while the other is originally from the Donbas region. Their identities have not been disclosed due to ongoing operations.
The explosion occurred over the weekend near the village of Mika on the Warsaw–Lublin line, a critical transport route for Western military supplies headed to Ukraine. No injuries were reported, but Polish prosecutors launched an investigation into sabotage and terrorist acts committed on behalf of foreign intelligence services. Tusk stated that the targeted train was travelling from Warsaw to Dęblin, on a route that carries 115 trains per day and is monitored by the Polish army across a 120-kilometre stretch near the Ukrainian border. Infrastructure Minister Dariusz Klimczak told TVN24 that nine trains crossed the damaged section before the tenth finally halted as the destruction became evident.
In response to Tusk’s accusations, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov rejected any Russian involvement and accused Poland of “rampant russophobia,” claiming that Warsaw “tries to outpace the rest of Europe” in blaming Moscow for hybrid warfare. Poland has repeatedly warned that its role as a major logistics hub for Western support to Ukraine exposes it to growing sabotage risks. In October, Polish authorities said they had arrested eight people suspected of planning sabotage in Poland and Romania on behalf of Russia. Moscow has consistently denied any subversive activity.
Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded strongly, accusing Russia of cynically recruiting individuals with Ukrainian passports to conduct hybrid attacks aimed at destabilisation. The ministry said Moscow was deliberately trying to shift blame onto Ukrainians for “its own crimes,” noting that several recent espionage and hybrid-operation cases in Poland involved Ukrainian nationals exploited by Russian services. Jacek Dobrzyński, spokesperson for Poland’s special services coordinator, said all evidence indicates that the sabotage was ordered by Russian intelligence, which would “very much like to learn the direction of the investigation.”
The case adds to rising concerns across Central Europe over Russian-linked sabotage attempts targeting critical infrastructure. Polish authorities say the investigation is advancing, with national security bodies treating the incident as a significant escalation in hybrid threats connected to the war in Ukraine.
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