Bomb attack on railway line Poland According to government information, it could have been aimed at a train. “The explosion that occurred not far from the town of Mika was most likely aimed at blowing up a train from Warsaw to Deblin,” said Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk during a visit to the location. “Fortunately there was no tragedy, but the problem is very serious.”
Previously, Tusk had informed X that he was on his way from the capital Warsaw as far as Lublin in the east of the country, railway lines were destroyed by explosive devices. Further east towards Lublin, a second breakdown was discovered on the same route. The background to the crime was initially unclear; the public prosecutor’s office and the secret service are investigating.
On Sunday morning, train engineers from Deblin (Lublin Province) to Warsaw noticed badly damaged tracks near the town of Mika. He alerted the control center, which temporarily halted train traffic on that section of the route. Neither the passengers nor the train crew were injured. The town of Mika is located one hundred kilometers southeast of Warsaw.
In the EU and NATO country Poland, which is one of Ukraine’s closest political and military allies, which was attacked by Russia, there are fears of Russian acts of sabotage. The railway network in particular was considered a possible target, as much of the military transport to Ukraine was via Poland to neighboring countries under attack. The route now affected leads to the border town of Dorohusk and from there to Ukraine.
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