Russia breaks silence on ‘unprecedented act of sabotage’ as WW3 fears | World | News

Russia broke its silence on allegations it carried out an act of sabotage against a major NATO member. On Monday, Poland suggested it believed Moscow was behind an attack on railway tracks running between Warsaw and Lubin.

The incident, which happened on Sunday, November 16, saw an explosion on the line which leads to the Ukrainian border and is key to delivering aid to the war-torn nation. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk condemned Sunday’s incident as an “unprecedented act of sabotage” targeting the country’s citizens.

Andrei Ordash, Chargé d’Affaires of Russia in Poland, told Newsweek in a statement, originally in Russian, that the embassy in Warsaw “generally does not comment on the various absurd statements made by the Polish authorities, whose aim is to stoke Russophobia and war hysteria within Polish society.”

Mr Tusk emphasised that the rail line targeted in the attack is “crucially important for delivering aid to Ukraine.”

Addressing the Polish parliament on Tuesday, he revealed that two individuals suspected of acting on behalf of Russian intelligence were allegedly responsible for the sabotage.

According to Mr Tusk, the suspects are Ukrainian nationals who have since fled into Belarus, a close ally of Moscow.