Two Ukrainians charged with sabotage on railroad in Poland
Polish prosecutors have indicted two Ukrainian citizens for committing sabotage on the railroad in Poland. It was reported by Ukrinform and Reuters on Wednesday, November 19.
The two "Ukrainians" are not refugees and arrived in Poland from Belarus. As Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk previously reported, one of them was convicted by a Lviv court in May for subversive activities in Ukraine. The other is a resident of Donetsk. Most likely, the convict was exchanged for a Ukrainian prisoner. After sabotage in Poland, they returned to Belarus.
The spokesman for the National Prosecutor's Office of Poland Przemysław Nowak said that the prosecutor had signed a decision to charge two Ukrainians - Oleksandr K. and Yevhen I. - in absentia for the sabotage on November 15 and 16 on the orders of russian intelligence. Nowak said that there is a wide base of evidence, including video monitoring data and footprints at the scene.
"The charges relate to acts of terrorist sabotage committed on November 15-16 this year in the interests of the Russian Federation's intelligence against Poland. These charges relate to both events that we have reported, in particular, the damage to the railway line near the village of Mika using an explosive device," the spokesman said.
According to him, the sabotage was aimed at "intimidating society, weakening and destabilizing public order and increasing the sense of threat in society." Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that he had spoken with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy about the threat and agreed to cooperation between the special services and state railways, as well as the need to identify the collaborators.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on November 19, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a telephone conversation about the investigation of sabotage on the railways in Poland.
Tusk said that the railway explosion was carried out by two Ukrainian citizens working for the special services of the aggressor country russia.