A number of arrests made in reference to railway blast, Polish state media says

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Polish authorities have arrested a number of individuals in reference to a blast that broken a rail line linking Warsaw to the Ukrainian border over the weekend, state media reported Wednesday.

Jacek Dobrzyński, the spokesperson for Poland's secret providers minister, mentioned the suspects have been being questioned however didn't present particulars on what number of have been detained, in accordance with the Polish Press Company, or PAP.

Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk has described the explosion as an "unprecedented act of sabotage." International Minister Radosław Sikorski mentioned it was "an act of state terror."

The blast broken tracks close to Mika, about 100 kilometres southeast of Warsaw. Nobody was damage.

In a separate weekend incident, energy strains have been destroyed within the space of Puławy, about 50 kilometers from Lublin, in japanese Poland.

On Tuesday, Tusk advised the Polish parliament that authorities suspect two Ukrainian residents of blowing up the rail line. He alleged that the suspects had been collaborating with the Russian secret providers for a very long time.

He mentioned their identities have been identified however couldn't be revealed to the general public due to the continued investigation, and that the pair had already left Poland, crossing into Belarus.

Sikorski mentioned Wednesday that he'll order the closure of the final Russian consulate nonetheless working within the nation in response to the assault.

"In reference to this, although it is not going to be our full response, I've determined to withdraw consent for the operation of the final Russian consulate in Gdansk," he mentioned.

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In response, Moscow will "scale back Poland's diplomatic and consular presence in Russia," the state information company RIA Novosti cited Russian International Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova as saying.

Requested about Sikorski's feedback, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov mentioned that Russia's "relations with Poland have deteriorated fully."

"That is in all probability a manifestation of this degradation, of the will of the Polish authorities to cut back to zero any chance of consular or diplomatic ties. On this case, one can solely categorical remorse," Peskov advised reporters throughout his day by day convention name.

Western officers have accused Russia and its proxies of staging dozens of assaults and different incidents throughout Europe for the reason that invasion of Ukraine greater than three years in the past, in accordance with knowledge collected by The Related Press. Moscow's purpose, Western officers say, is to undermine help for Ukraine, spark concern and divide European societies.