Poland, Russia and arson
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Poland said on Wednesday it had uncovered what could be an attempt to interfere in its presidential election campaign using advertisements on Facebook that may have been financed
WARSAW (Reuters) -Russian secret services were behind a massive fire that nearly completely destroyed a Warsaw shopping centre in May 2024, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Sunday after a year of investigation into the case.
One year after a massive fire devastated a shopping centre in Warsaw, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has accused Russia of orchestrating the blaze. "We now know with certainty that the large fire in the Marywilska shopping centre was caused by arson carried out on behalf of the Russian secret services,
Poland has blamed Russia for a fire which destroyed a shopping centre in Warsaw. The blaze broke out on May 12, 2024, in the Marywilska 44 shopping centre, which housed 1,400 small businesses and a budget indoor market in a warehouse-like building in a northern neighbourhood of the Polish capital.
Poland holds a presidential election on Sunday as the conservative incumbent Andrzej Duda nears the end of his second and final term.