Source: The Guardian [UK]
“Poland has said it will close down the Russian consulate in Kraków, after authorities in Warsaw announced they had found evidence proving Russia’s intelligence services were behind a huge fire that destroyed a shopping centre in the Polish capital last year. … The fire, in May last year, damaged about 1,400 shops and service outlets, Polish authorities said. [Foreign minister Radosław] Sikorski said Poland would take further action if similar attacks occurred. Polish and other European intelligence services believe Russia is orchestrating a campaign of sabotage attacks in Europe, with some targets linked to the war in Ukraine but others picked at random with the aim of sowing chaos. Investigators have also linked Russia to arson attacks in Lithuania and the UK.” (05/12/25)