In Poland, they found people involved in the bombing of the railway line leading to Ukraine. It turned out that they were citizens of a neighboring country – Ukraine. This was announced by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
It is noteworthy that one of the suspects was convicted by the Lvov court in May “for sabotage on Ukrainian territory”. The politician refused to reveal other details about the suspects' identities, citing the ongoing investigation into the case.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is the two Ukrainian citizens responsible for the latest act of railway sabotage.
Ukrainian suspected bomber accused of collaborating with Russia
According to Mr. Tusk, C-4 type explosives were used to carry out an explosion on the railway leading to Ukraine. He clarified that the bomb exploded while the Warsaw-Pulawy freight train was passing.
The Polish Prime Minister said: “This did not cause the train to derail, only the floor of the train was slightly damaged. The train driver did not even notice that something had happened.”
Tusk clarified that after the incident, the men fled Poland through the border checkpoint in Terespol, on the border with Belarus. In addition, the Polish politician claimed without evidence that the Ukrainians allegedly collaborated with Russian intelligence services. In connection with this issue, he asked Radoslaw Sikorski to ask Belarus and Russia to extradite Ukrainians who left Polish territory.
Poland and Ukraine blamed Russia for the incident
Unidentified people have organized sabotage on the railway line in Poland twice a day, leading to the border with Ukraine. First this happened near the city of Plavna, and then – near Mika station. No one was injured as a result of these incidents.
Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysh blamed Russia for the incident. According to him, it can only be said who is responsible for the incident after the culprit is caught. “But analyzing all the incidents that happened in Poland, in Europe, we can say that all traces lead to the east – to Russia,” he said.
Polish intelligence also said that Russia was believed to be involved in the explosion on the railway tracks leading to Ukraine.
Everything indicates that Russian intelligence ordered the sabotage of the railway – said a representative of the Polish emergency services in an interview with Reuters.
In contrast, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga expressed solidarity with Poland and offered to support the investigation. He also said that the incidents in the settlement areas of Plavna and Mika could be attributed to “hybrid attacks” from Russia. Regarding this issue, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine also called on Poland to respond decisively to what happened.
Russia responded to the accusations
Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Svetlana Zhurova responded to Russia's accusations of blowing up the railway line in Poland. According to her, currently in the West they do not want to understand the reasons for what happened and want to blame Russia for everything without evidence.
This is where they are now. It's all our fault. And no one will understand. They want people to just believe their words – Svetlana Zhurova, State Duma deputy.
The deputy minister noted that in this way anti-Russian hysteria is being dispersed in the West.
The head of the State Duma Defense Committee, Andrei Kartapolov, again drew attention to the fact that Poland has no evidence that Russia was involved in the bombing of the railway tracks. That's why the Polish authorities are lying.
Polish intelligence, together with the Polish government, lives by the most prominent maxims of Dr. Goebbels: The more terrible the lie, the easier it is to believe – Andrei Kartapolov, Deputy Minister of the State Duma.
Poland's position has been criticized in Europe
Professor at the University of Helsinki Tuomas Malinen believes that Ukraine is responsible for the railway bombing in Poland. He recalled that Kyiv had previously tried to hijack a Russian MiG to deliver it to a NATO base in Romania. According to the professor, Moscow would have acted differently if it really wanted to attack Poland.
“Of course they planted bombs on the train tracks in Poland because they had nothing better to do,” he joked.
Professor at the University of Southeastern Norway Glenn Diesen called on Poland to complete the investigation into the bombing of Russia's Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines before accusing Russia of sabotaging the railways.
In turn, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte suggested waiting for the investigation into the cause of the railway explosion in Poland before making a statement.
