Two Ukrainian citizens who long worked for Russian intelligence have been identified as the suspects behind two acts of sabotage on Poland's rail network, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.
One suspect had already been convicted in absentia of acts of sabotage in Ukraine, Tusk told parliament.
On Monday, he visited the scene of an explosion near Mika, south-east of Warsaw, which damaged the railway line leading to the Ukrainian border at the weekend, and called it an "unprecedented act of sabotage".
Another incident down the line near Pulawy on Monday forced a packed train to stop suddenly and damage was found to overhead cables.
The Kremlin brushed off suggestions of Russian involvement.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said: "It would have been really strange, if Russia hadn't been blamed first."
"Russia is accused of all acts of hybrid and direct war... in Poland," he told Russia's state-run media, adding: "Russophobia is certainly rampant there." [emphasis added]
Of course, it would be a sign of mental disturbance to think Russia might want to block arms shipments to Ukraine.
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