In Poland, several suspects were detained in an explosion on the railway

Polish police, in cooperation with law enforcement agencies, have detained several people suspected of blowing up the Warsaw–Lublin railway line leading to Ukraine. This was announced on November 19 by the press secretary of the Minister-Coordinator of the Polish special services, Jacek Dobrzynski.

"Several people have been detained. These people are being interrogated, and their role in the terrorist attack, so to speak, is being established. It is possible that there will be other arrests," TVP Info quoted Dobrzynski as saying at a press conference.

The specific number of detainees, as well as their nationalities, are not specified. Operational intelligence and investigative measures, collection and analysis of evidence are ongoing.

The spokesman added that the case of sabotage on the railway is being considered as a matter of priority, and the incident was taken very seriously. Polish special services have additional information and have tracked down the criminals.

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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on November 17 that damage had been discovered to the railway track in the northeast of the country on the section connecting Warsaw with Ukraine. According to him, an act of sabotage could have taken place. Later, it was reported about the second damage on the railway in the country in a day. It was clarified that a circuit was thrown over the power line, which caused a short circuit. As a result, the damaged contact network fell on a passing train with 475 passengers.

Then the Minister of National Defense of Poland, Vladislav Kosinyak-Kamysh, accused Russia of undermining the railway tracks. After that, Tusk said that Ukrainian attackers who collaborated with Russia were to blame for the explosion. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on November 18 that Moscow would consider it "strange" if Russia's accusations of sabotage on railway tracks in Poland were absent. Svetlana Zhurova, deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, noted at the same time that the West was trying to make Russia responsible for all the incidents.

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