Overview
- Russia's Foreign Ministry revoked consent for the Irkutsk mission and notified Ambassador Krzysztof Krajewski, setting Dec. 30 as the closure date.
- Poland had ordered Russia's Gdansk consulate closed after an explosion on the Warsaw–Lublin line that investigators call sabotage.
- The reciprocal steps leave each country represented only by its embassy in the other's capital.
- Poland says three Irkutsk consular staff will leave by the end of next month and argues there was no basis for Moscow's decision.
- Warsaw alleges two Ukrainian nationals working for Russian intelligence carried out the rail attacks on a corridor vital for aid to Ukraine, a claim Russia denies.