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Polish prosecutors charged a third Ukrainian suspect with aiding Russian-backed sabotage targeting a key railway used for delivering aid to Ukraine, escalating security concerns.
- 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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The Polish authorities accused one of the third Ukrainian citizens of suspicion that they would be helped by a Soviet-supported satellite operation that targeted Polish wounded roads, announced the search for months, reports independent Kyiv. According to the prosecutors...
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.
On 20 November, employees of the Central Bureau of Investigation of the Polish Police detained a Ukrainian citizen, Vladimir B. (his name is not fully given), who is suspected of assisting in the organization of a sabotage on the railway, and the National Prosecutor ' s Office reported.
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