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Poland Confirms Sabotage Blast on Key Rail Link to Ukraine

Authorities opened a terrorism-sabotage probe, with the army inspecting about 120 kilometers of the corridor crucial to Ukraine shipments.

Overview

  • Prime Minister Donald Tusk said an explosive device destroyed a section of the WarsawLublin 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 WarsawLublinHrubieszów 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.