Polish authorities are investigating two incidents on a critical railway corridor to Ukraine after an explosion tore through a section of track on the Warsaw–Lublin line, an event Prime Minister Donald Tusk described as “an unprecedented act of sabotage aimed at the security of the Polish state and its citizens.”
The blast, reported Sunday near the village of Mika, destroyed part of the line that carries military aid and supplies toward Ukraine. Tusk said the device was “most likely intended to blow up a train” on the route. No casualties were reported.
A second disruption occurred hours later near Puławy, where damage to overhead lines forced a passenger train with 475 people aboard to make an emergency stop. Investigators are assessing whether this incident also fits a pattern of sabotage.
Poland’s justice minister Waldemar Żurek said the cases are being treated as “an attempt to cause a disaster in land traffic,” carrying penalties of at least ten years’ imprisonment and potentially life sentences.
Security services minister Tomasz Siemoniak said both events fit into a broader trend. According to him, Poland has faced recurring sabotage attempts since January 2024, with 55 arrests already linked to illegal activities carried out “on orders of foreign intelligence services.” He warned that the railway incidents represent “a new stage of threatening the railway infrastructure.”
The prime minister stopped short of attributing responsibility but stressed the strategic significance of the line, calling it a route that is “also used to transport weapons to Ukraine.” Tusk vowed that investigators will “catch the perpetrators, regardless of who their backers are.”
Defence minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said Polish armed forces are inspecting the remaining 120 kilometres of track to the Ukrainian border for further threats.
The incidents follow a wider pattern of arson, cyberattacks and suspected sabotage across Europe since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Warsaw has repeatedly accused Moscow of orchestrating hybrid operations against Poland, though Russia rejects the allegations.
Ok look another act of war which will have zero consequences on the state that carried it out.
Hmmm…wonder whether NATO/individual governments have ever considered offensive ‘hybrid operations’ against the CRINKs? Would imagine SAS/SBS could cause considerable inconvenience in the plans of Mad Vlad and the Orcs, while remaining discreet re activities. Reliably informed that payback is a bitch. 🤔😉
My bet is that the SAS/SBS and other US and European special forces are already active in ‘advising’ Ukraine. And learning a lot.
There was speculation the SBS was involved in the liberation of Kherson and small amphibious attacks on the ruzzian side of the Dnipro.
Europe has been under attack for many years now. All our political class do is double-down on the practices that facilitate them. I expect many more in the coming years.