US EditionPoland charges third Ukrainian with helping Russia in railway sabotage
Volodymyr B. is charged with aiding two suspects who fled to Belarus in a sabotage on a key aid railway, targeting infrastructure used to support Ukraine, Polish prosecutors said.
- On Nov. 24, Polish prosecutors announced they charged a third Ukrainian suspect over sabotage on the Warsaw–Lublin railway line used to deliver aid to Ukraine, involving a blast near Mika and Golab between Nov. 15 and 16.
- Since 2022, security sources note European countries including Poland have seen a surge in sabotage, while Russia has recruited Ukrainians for operations and Poland serves as a logistics hub along its 535-kilometer border with Ukraine.
- Prosecutors say Volodymyr B. drove Yevhenii I. in September to survey the site, pick an explosives spot and install a recording device, and they detained Volodymyr B. on Nov. 20.
- Poland says two charged suspects, Oleksandr K. and Yevhenii I., fled to Belarus and seeks their extradition; four other Ukrainian nationals were detained and released after 48 hours as Moscow denied involvement.
- Amid rising threats, Warsaw has warned of mounting espionage and sabotage and described the explosion as an "unprecedented act of sabotage" while closing the last Russian consulate and deploying thousands of soldiers to protect infrastructure after Early September drone incidents.
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In Poland they argue that Russia is at war with the West, and they are seen at the front line. It is not a conventional conflict with tanks, missiles, troops and dead. It is that grey area in which Moscow attacks in the shadow with covert operations, sabotage, cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns. The recent blowing up of a railroad track on a key route for the provision of military aid to Ukraine is a sign of the trend towards an increasin…
Poland has arrested a Ukrainian man for involvement in the explosion on a railway line over a week ago. Poland considers the blowing up of the railway line an unprecedented act of sabotage. According to the Polish prosecutor, the arrested Ukrainian, Volodymyr B., was involved in the preparations. According to the Public Prosecutor's Office, the man showed the other suspects around the area and where the explosives could be placed. 'Directed by R…
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The man who has now been arrested is alleged to have shown his accomplices how to plant the explosives at the railway line. This remains unclear.
The Polish Prosecutor ' s Office charged a Ukrainian citizen, Vladimiry B., with participating in and facilitating sabotage against the railway infrastructure from 15 to 16 November and acting on behalf of Russian intelligence.
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