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Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Monday that an explosion on a section of railway line used for deliveries to Ukraine was an "unprecedented act of sabotage."
Poland has annulled the diplomatic passport of an ex-justice minister accused of abuse of power, the foreign minister said on Tuesday, as Warsaw tries to enforce a warrant for his arrest.
Two Ukrainian citizens working for Russia are suspected of blowing up a railway line in Poland over the weekend, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Tuesday.
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski earlier in the day announced the closure of the Gdansk post, the last operating Russian consulate in Poland. Warsaw previously shut the Russian consulates in Poznan and Krakow in late 2024 and mid-2025, citing what it described as acts of sabotage allegedly organized by Moscow.
A railway line bringing passenger trains into Warsaw from southeastern Poland on Sunday was damaged by an explosion that authorities determined was an act of sabotage, the prime minister said.
Poland’s new President Karol Nawrocki has positioned himself as the defender of the Polish nation and someone whose office might be sympathetic to the country’s growing far right
Polish and allied aircraft were deployed early on Wednesday to ensure the safety of Polish airspace after Russia launched airstrikes targeting western Ukraine near the border with Poland, armed forces of the NATO-member country said.