“Unfortunately, the worst suspicions have been confirmed. An act of sabotage occurred on the Warsaw-Lublin line, near the village of Mika. An explosive device destroyed a section of the track. Emergency services and prosecutors are working at the site. Damage has also been found on the same line, closer to Lublin,” Tusk wrote on X.
The Polish prime minister did not directly indicate who was responsible, but linked the incident to Russia’s war in Ukraine.
“Blowing up the rail track on the Warsaw-Lublin route is an unprecedented act of sabotage targeting directly the security of the Polish state and its civilians. This route is also crucially important for delivering aid to Ukraine. We will catch the perpetrators, whoever they are,” Tusk said in another post on the same platform.
Maciej Duszczyk, the deputy interior minister, on Sunday warned against immediately implicating Russia.
“Russia is not so powerful that every arson attack, every situation of this kind, is provoked by Russia. However, this cannot be ruled out or dismissed in any way,” he told the Polsat news channel.
The Warsaw-Lublin train route is one of country’s busiest, linking the capital to the biggest city in eastern Poland and on toward Ukraine. The damaged section remains closed but service continues on parallel tracks, public broadcaster TVP Info reported.