"The clear intention was to cause human casualties, he said of the weekend bomb attack. The Polish security services said they were in the process of arresting several people linked to the incident. They are on the trail of the principals; they are on the trail of the perpetrators the first arrests are now taking place, the spokesperson Jacek Dobrzynski said on Wednesday morning."
"On Tuesday, the prime minister, Donald Tusk, said authorities had identified two Ukrainian citizens involved in the attack, who had arrived in Poland from Belarus and left soon after placing explosive devices on the rail tracks over the weekend. Tusk said Poland believed the men were cooperating with Russia's security services and one had been arrested previously for sabotage in Ukraine."
"The blast damaged rail tracks near the town of Mika, on a rail line linking Warsaw and eastern Poland, a key logistics route towards the border with Ukraine. There were no casualties, as the gap in the tracks was spotted by a regional train driver who alerted authorities. In a separate incident, power cables were destroyed along a nearby section of track."
Poland's foreign minister described a sabotage attack on the rail system as state terrorism ordered by Russia and announced the closure of the last Russian consulate. Security services reported arrests and said they are pursuing the perpetrators. Two Ukrainian citizens were identified as involved; they entered from Belarus and left after placing explosives, and were believed to be cooperating with Russian security services. The blast damaged tracks near Mika on a key logistics route to Ukraine, but caused no casualties because a train driver spotted the gap. Damage to power cables occurred nearby and Russia reduced Poland's diplomatic presence in response.
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