A year ago, on May 12, 2024, a huge fire ravaged, in Warsaw, a large hall housing some 1,400 small shops and points of service, mainly held by members of the Vietnamese community. After a major investigation, the Polish authorities accused Russia on Sunday, May 11, of having commanded this fire in the Marywilska 44 shopping center.
“We now know, on the basis of the evidence collected, that the fire is the result of a criminal fire ordered by the Russian special services”declared the Ministries of Polish justice and the interior, managers of special services, in a joint press release published on X.
Immediately after the incident, the Polish authorities launched investigations that required 121 days of inspection on the spot and the work of 55 prosecutors and 100 police officers. More than 70 witnesses and more than 500 victims were interviewed.
Warsaw precisely, in its press release, “An in -depth knowledge of the order and the course of the fire and the way it was documented by the authors”.
Several people in detention, others wanted
“Their actions were organized and led by an identified person residing in the Russian Federation”says the text again. According to the press release, “Some of the authors are already in detention, the others are identified and sought after”.
“We are determined to ask those responsible for these acts of shameful sabotage”, said the ministries. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk confirmed this information on the social network X, launching: “We will all have you!” »»
Polish services have further specified to cooperate “With Lithuania, where some of the authors have also carried out diversion activities”.
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Poland, a faithful ally of kyiv, has said that he is the target of attempted acts of sabotage orchestrated, according to her, by Russia. Warsaw thus challenged and sentenced several people suspected of sabotage acts on behalf of Russian intelligence services, and accused of tobacco passages, fires or attempted criminal fires.
Consulates closure
In May 2024, Poland decided to impose restrictions on the movements of Russian diplomats on its soil due to “Involvement” of Moscow in “A hybrid war”. And five months later, Warsaw ordered the closure of the Russian consulate in Poznan, in the west of the country, accusing Moscow of organizing “Sabotage attempts”.
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In December, Polish diplomacy declared itself ready to close all the Russian consulates in Poland if acts of “Terrorism” continued. In fact of reprisals, Russia closed, in January 2025, the Polish consulate in Saint Petersburg.
Border of Ukraine, Poland – a member of NATO and the European Union – is one of the main countries by which Western States are sending weapons and ammunition to kyiv, to help him fight the Russian invasion.