Overview
- Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski withdrew the operating authorization for the Russian consulate in Gdańsk, leaving only the embassy in Warsaw open.
- Poland attributes damage on the Lublin–Warsaw line to Russia, with Prime Minister Donald Tusk alleging two Ukrainians were sent to carry out the act.
- Polish authorities say the suspected perpetrators fled to Belarus, and several people have been arrested as part of the investigation.
- Sikorski labeled the rail incident an act of state terrorism and said a non-diplomatic response is being prepared, while urging EU partners to curb Russian diplomats’ movement within Schengen.
- Moscow denies involvement, calls the decision evidence of Russophobia, and says it will reduce Poland’s diplomatic and consular presence in Russia in response.