Certain line crossed: Polish PM reveals new details of railway sabotage

Polish investigators believe the perpetrators intended to derail a train near Puławy Station and record the incident. Separately, C-4 explosives were used to blow up a railway track near the village of Mika and the explosion occurred as a train was passing over it.

Source: Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in a speech in the Polish Sejm, the lower house of the parliament, as reported by Polish news portal RMF24 and quoted by European Pravda

Details: Tusk revealed new details uncovered by investigators about the incident near Puławy Station.

Investigators have determined that a steel plate bolted to the tracks was intended to cause a derailment. The entire incident was meant to be filmed on a smartphone, powered by a power bank and placed next to the tracks.

The railway line near the village of Mika was blown up using C-4 explosives and a detonating device connected by a 300-metre cable. Some of the explosives failed to detonate and were recovered by investigators.

Tusk noted that the explosion occurred as a freight train passed through the area at 20:58 on 15 November. The blast caused minor damage to the underside of one wagon. The driver did not notice anything and continued the journey.

"This is an unprecedented event. It is possibly the most serious situation concerning the security of the Polish state since the beginning of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine. A certain line has been crossed," Tusk concluded.

Background:

• Tusk also revealed during his speech in the Sejm that investigators believe the sabotage was carried out by two Ukrainian citizens working with Russian intelligence. They entered Poland from Belarus and left the same way.
• Before this, Polish security agencies claimed that "Eastern intelligence services" were involved in the railway sabotage, although Russia was not mentioned directly.

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