Overview
- Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said Poland is withdrawing consent for the Russian consulate in Gdansk, leaving only the embassy in Warsaw open.
- Prime Minister Donald Tusk linked the move to two recent rail attacks he called an unprecedented security threat to Poland.
- Investigators reported a steel clamp was placed on tracks to possibly derail a train and a separate explosive detonated under a freight train, with no injuries.
- Polish leaders allege Russian secret services commissioned the sabotage using two recruited Ukrainians who are believed to have fled to Belarus, with identities withheld during the investigation.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov lamented the deterioration in ties, and Russia’s Foreign Ministry signaled reciprocal reductions in Poland’s diplomatic footprint.