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Notes From Poland: Poland confirms Russia behind fire that destroyed Warsaw's biggest shopping centre [View all]
Notes From Poland - Poland confirms Russia behind fire that destroyed Warsaw’s biggest shopping centre
May 12, 2025
Poland’s government says it is now certain that Russia was behind the fire that last year destroyed Warsaw’s largest shopping centre, Marywilska 44. It also says it has detained some of those responsible.
“We already know for sure that the large fire at Marywilska was the result of arson ordered by the Russian security services,” announced Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Sunday evening, just before today’s first anniversary of the fire.
“The activities were coordinated by a person in Russia,” he added. “Some of the perpetrators are already in custody, the rest have been identified and are being sought. We will catch them all!”
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In the early hours of 12 May 2024, a fire broke out at Marywilska 44 that spread quickly and, by the time it had been brought under control a few hours later, had destroyed 90% of the premises. As the centre was closed during the night, no casualties resulted from the fire.
Little more than a week after the fire, Tusk had already declared it was “likely” that Russia was behind it. Earlier this year, he revealed that evidence from Lithuania also pointed to Russia’s involvement.
The fire was part of a series of acts of sabotage in Poland and other countries in the region that the authorities have blamed on Russia, whose intelligence services recruited and hired people living in those countries – often Ukrainian and Belarusian immigrants – to carry out the attacks.
/snip
May 12, 2025
Poland’s government says it is now certain that Russia was behind the fire that last year destroyed Warsaw’s largest shopping centre, Marywilska 44. It also says it has detained some of those responsible.
“We already know for sure that the large fire at Marywilska was the result of arson ordered by the Russian security services,” announced Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Sunday evening, just before today’s first anniversary of the fire.
“The activities were coordinated by a person in Russia,” he added. “Some of the perpetrators are already in custody, the rest have been identified and are being sought. We will catch them all!”
/snip/
In the early hours of 12 May 2024, a fire broke out at Marywilska 44 that spread quickly and, by the time it had been brought under control a few hours later, had destroyed 90% of the premises. As the centre was closed during the night, no casualties resulted from the fire.
Little more than a week after the fire, Tusk had already declared it was “likely” that Russia was behind it. Earlier this year, he revealed that evidence from Lithuania also pointed to Russia’s involvement.
The fire was part of a series of acts of sabotage in Poland and other countries in the region that the authorities have blamed on Russia, whose intelligence services recruited and hired people living in those countries – often Ukrainian and Belarusian immigrants – to carry out the attacks.
/snip
My apologies, This took place in 2024...
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