“Unfortunately, the worst fears have been confirmed.” Poland officially accuses an act of sabotage: “The explosion of a device destroyed a railway line”
Donald Tusk, the Polish Prime Minister. PHOTO: X
Polish officials announced on Sunday that a railway line had been damaged by a possible explosion. On Monday, Prime Minister Donald Tusk confirmed that the explosion was the result of an act of sabotage, writes Reuters.
“Unfortunately, the worst fears have been confirmed. An act of sabotage took place on the Warsaw-Lublin route (the village of Mika). The explosion of an explosive device destroyed the railway. The emergency services and the prosecutor's office are working on the spot. On the same route, closer to Lublin, other damages were also identified,” Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced on Monday.
Niestety pochwydrzely się najgorsze przypuszczenia. Na trasie Warszawa-Lublin (wieś Mika) doszło do aktu dywersji. Eksplozja ładunku ybuchowego zniszczyła tor kolejowy. Na miejscu pracują szczawy i prokuratura. Na tej samej trasie, bliżej Lublina, rązko stwierdzono zazenie. pic.twitter.com/aSfNRUD0q9
— Donald Tusk (@donaldtusk) November 17, 2025
The head of the government in Warsaw thus confirmed the suspicions shared by Warsaw since Monday.
According to information transmitted by Poland's public radio station, a train driver first reported irregularities on the railway line early Sunday morning near the village of Życzyn, about 100 km from the Polish capital, according to police in the central city of Radom.
Initial inspections showed part of the rail was damaged, police said.
“The possibility that this is an act of sabotage cannot be ruled out,” Prime Minister Donald Tusk said, adding that no one was injured and that security services were investigating the case.
Deputy Interior Minister Maciej Duszczyk told Polsat News television that Poland “has faced many acts of sabotage in recent months” and that Sunday's incident “could be one of them”.
“We have a broken railroad line, and it didn't break itself,” Duszczyk said. “Someone must have caused this. Let's let the services determine how it was damaged, what tools were used and then follow the full procedure,” he said.
He also cautioned that Russia is not necessarily the first suspect.
“Russia is not so strong that every fire or every incident is caused by it,” he said. “But nothing can be ruled out or ignored,” the official added.
