Poland Premier

Poland has accused Russian special services in orchestras a massive fire, which last year almost completely destroyed the shopping center in the capital of Warsaw.

In a message on X, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Poland knows “for sure” that the blast in the Merivilskaya shopping center was summoned by arson, by order of Russian special services.

Some of them are responsible, already in custody, added Tusk, and everyone else has been appointed and looking.

Moscow did not comment on these allegations, but previously denied allegations of sabotage in Europe.

The fire in May 2024 destroyed 1400 small enterprises, with many employees to the Vietnamese community of Warsaw.

Poland conducted a long -standing investigation of the incident, which has now ended, the fire was organized by an unnamed man in Russia.

In a joint statement on justice and internal affairs of Poland, they stated that the actions of those who were in custody were “organized by the director of a specific person living in the Russian Federation.”

Both ministry added that they cooperated with Lithuania, “where some criminals also carried out acts.”

Ever since a complete invasion of Russia into Ukraine in 2022, Poland has detained and condemned several people accused of sabotage on behalf of Russian special services.

Polish officials stated that these attacks were part of the “hybrid war” waged by Moscow.

Hybrid war is when an enemy state carries an anonymous, denial attack, usually in very suspicious circumstances. This will be sufficient to harm the enemy, especially their infrastructure assets, but stop being attributed to the act of war.

NATO It also believes that Russia is waging a “hybrid war” in Europe, In order to punish or scare Western countries from the continuation of the military support of Ukraine.

Russia has denied repeated allegations in NATO that its secret services are engaged in sabotage operations across Europe.

The Merivilskaya shopping center opened in 2010, and as a result of the fire, many workers lost important documents and large amounts of funds stored in the mall of fear at home.

Three months after the fire, the Merivilskaya owners opened a temporary shopping center, where about 400 traders resumed operations.

An alternative shopping mall in Warsaw, Modlinska 6D, was opened in October 2024 when traders moved their business to a new site.