Law enforcement authorities have opened an investigation into acts of sabotage on the Polish railway, classifying them as acts of a terrorist nature directed against railway infrastructure and carried out in the interests of a foreign intelligence service, the press service of the Polish Prosecutor’s Office reported.
“The prosecutor of the Mazovia Branch of the Department for Organized Crime and Corruption of the National Prosecutor’s Office in Warsaw today (17 November 2025) launched an investigation into acts of sabotage of a terrorist nature directed against railway infrastructure and committed in the interests of a foreign intelligence service against the Republic of Poland,” the statement said.
The investigation concerns damage inflicted between 15 and 17 November to the infrastructure of railway line No. 7 on the Warsaw East–Dorohusk route, including track damage caused by explosive devices near the village of Mika (Garwolin County) and track damage near the village of Gołąb (Puławy County).
“These actions created a direct danger of a land-transport catastrophe, threatening the lives and health of many people, as well as property of significant value,” the Prosecutor’s Office emphasized.
A team of prosecutors will conduct the investigation. It will include prosecutors from the Mazovia Branch and officers of the Internal Security Agency and the Central Bureau of Investigation of the Police.
"Blowing up the rail track on the Warsaw-Lublin route is an unprecedented act of sabotage targeting directly the security of the Polish state and its civilians. This route is also crucially important for delivering aid to Ukraine. We will catch the perpetrators, whoever they are," wrote Donald Tusk.
As reported earlier, a section of track on the Dęblin–Warsaw line was damaged, and the country’s Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, did not rule out sabotage. According to the head of the Polish government, no one was injured, and the relevant services are conducting an investigation.
Ukraine has offered assistance in carrying out the investigation
