“Now we know for sure that the cause of a large fire in the Marywilska shopping center in Warsaw was arson ordered by the Russian special services,” he wrote.
The head of the Polish government emphasized that part of the suspects was detained.
“All the rest are installed and wanted. We will find you all,” Tusk said.
We Now Know For Sure that Great Fire of the Marywilska Shopping Centre in Warsaw Caused by Arson by the Russian Special Services. SOME of the Perpetrators have Alread Been Detained, All the Others are Identified and Searched for. We Will Get You All!
– Donald Tusk (@donaldtusk) May 11, 2025
The fire in the Marywilska shopping center occurred on May 12, 2024, then 1.4 thousand stores and services of the service sector were completely burned, RMF24 notes.
The radio station notes that on May 11, 2025, a joint statement of a fire in Marywilska was made by Tusk, Minister of Justice and Poland Prosecutor Adam Bodnar and the head of the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs Tomash Semonyak. According to their version, the attackers organized and directed an unidentified person living in the territory of the Russian Federation.
According to Semonyak, Bodnar and Tusk, there is detailed information on how the arsonists acted. The Polish authorities are “determined” to bring the perpetrators of the fire and collaborate in this matter with Lithuania, where some suspects also conducted sabotage activities, said in Warsaw.
Context
On May 29, 2024, the Poland Internal Security Agency announced the detention of three people – two Belarusians and Poles – on suspicion of working for foreign intelligence and in sabotage activities. It was then, in particular, about the arson of objects in different parts of the country at the direction of Russia.
The purpose of the planned sabotage was to “cause chaos, fear, panic, damage property and probably lead to deaths.”
In March 2025, the charge of arson by order of the Russian special services of a large construction supermarket in Warsaw in April 2024 presented the Polish prosecutor’s office to a citizen of Belarus, he was sent under arrest. According to the investigation, on the night of April 14, Stepan K. poured a flammable liquid in the supermarket and left a device that allows a fire to start a fire, and later it worked.
