US EditionPoland plans to charge 2 Ukrainians with sabotage of terrorist nature for railway explosion
Polish prosecutors accuse two Ukrainians of Russian-backed sabotage damaging a key rail line for Ukraine aid; authorities detained multiple suspects, says Polish government.
- On Wednesday, Polish prosecutors said they will charge two Ukrainians with sabotage of a terrorist nature on behalf of Russia after a blast damaged a train track used for deliveries to Ukraine near Mika, Poland.
- Ukrainian officials believe the sabotage has a Russian link and will share information with Poland while forming a Poland-Ukrainian working group, Western officials say Russia and its proxies staged dozens of attacks since the invasion of Ukraine more than three years ago.
- Officials said the suspects fled into Belarus soon after the weekend attack, with several others detained; a related incident destroyed power lines near Pulawy, about 50 kilometers from Lublin.
- Poland said it would deploy up to 10,000 soldiers to defend critical infrastructure and withdrew consent for the last Russian consulate in Gdansk, with Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski ordering its closure.
- Two other Russian consulates in Krakow and Poznan had been closed in recent years, while the Russian embassy in Warsaw remains open, and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said relations with Poland 'have deteriorated completely'.
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The Polish Foreign Ministry requested the extradition of the two men from Belarus, where they had fled.
EADaily, 21 November 2025: The President of Poland, Karol Navroskski, ordered troops to assist the police after the explosion of the railway line leading to Ukraine, informs the National Security Bureau of the country.
Poland asked Belarus to extradite two Ukrainian citizens accused of carrying out satellite acts on the Polish railway network on behalf of Russia, announced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Warsaw, quoted by Reuters.
The Polish prosecutor's office has indicted two Ukrainian citizens who are believed to be involved in sabotage on the country's railway infrastructure. According to the investigation, the actions of the suspects could have been carried out on the orders of the Russian special services. This is reported by the Polish...
Poland seeks U.S. help to investigate rail sabotage as NSA joins probe, two Ukrainians detained
Poland has asked the United States for assistance in investigating incidents on Polish railway tracks. According to RMF24 correspondent Pawel Zuchowski, communication channels have already been established. Polish officials say that on November 15 two Ukrainian nationals collaborating with Russian services blew up part of the track on the Warsaw–Dorohusk line in the village of Mika. On November 16, near Golub station in Lublin Voivodeship, a tra…
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