Overview
- Prime Minister Donald Tusk said an explosive device destroyed a section of the Warsaw–Lublin track near the village of Mika, calling it an unprecedented act of sabotage with no injuries reported.
- Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński said experts confirmed the use of an explosive device, and investigators are also examining separate damage to overhead lines near Puławy that forced a passenger train with 475 people to stop.
- Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz ordered military inspections of roughly 120 km of the Warsaw–Lublin–Hrubieszów route as repairs and site security proceed.
- Security services chief Tomasz Siemoniak said the operation likely involved a foreign state’s intelligence service, though Poland has not issued formal attribution or announced arrests.
- NATO and EU leaders voiced concern and coordination with Warsaw, and Ukraine offered assistance, underscoring the line’s role in moving aid and military supplies to Ukraine.