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The Polish National Prosecutor’s Office has announced the launch of an investigation into acts of terrorist sabotage targeting railway infrastructure on Line No. 7 Warsaw East – Dorohusk, carried out between 15 and 17 November.
As spokesperson for the National Prosecutor’s Office Przemyslaw Nowak stated, the collected evidence — witness testimonies, documents, telecommunications data, and CCTV footage — indicates a high probability that the sabotage was carried out by two Ukrainian citizens: Alexander K. (born 1986) and Yevhen I. (born 1984). According to investigators, they acted in the interests of Russian intelligence.
The prosecutor issued decisions to bring charges against them for carrying out acts of sabotage between 15 and 16 November in the interests of Russian security services against Poland. The charges concern, among other things, placing a C4 explosive device and detonating it under a passing freight train in the village of Mika (Masovian Voivodeship, Garwolin County), damaging overhead lines, and installing dangerous metal devices on the tracks near Golomb station (Pulawy County, Lublin Voivodeship). Both incidents were recorded by cameras left at the scene.
“These actions created an immediate risk of a land disaster in the form of a train derailment, posing a serious threat to the lives and health of many people, as well as to property. The perpetrators’ aim was to seriously intimidate many people and influence public opinion, as well as to undermine security, destabilise public order, and increase the sense of insecurity in society,” the prosecutor’s statement said.
The charges fall under Articles 130 §7, 174 §1, and 171 §1 of the Polish Criminal Code. The maximum penalty is life imprisonment.
According to the prosecutor, on 16 November the suspects left Poland and travelled to Belarus. For this reason, they cannot currently be detained or subjected to procedural actions, including the formal presentation of charges.