On May 12, 2025, the Polish government officially confirmed that the large fire on May 12, 2024, which destroyed Warsaw’s largest shopping centre, Marywilska 44, was a result of arson ordered by the Russian security services. The fire destroyed 90% of the shopping centre. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated that some perpetrators have been detained, and others identified and sought. The investigation involved dozens of prosecutors and police over a year, in cooperation with Lithuanian authorities, where some perpetrators had also committed sabotage. A Belarusian national, Stepan K., was charged with carrying out a similar terrorist arson attack on a Warsaw store on behalf of Russia. The arson was part of a series of sabotage acts in Poland and other regional countries, with Russia recruiting Ukrainian and Belarusian immigrants for these operations. Poland also expelled Russian consular staff in response to sabotage and cyberwarfare activities attributed to Moscow.

On May 12, 2025, the Polish government officially confirmed that the large fire on May 12, 2024, which destroyed Warsaw’s largest shopping centre, Marywilska 44, was a result of arson ordered by the Russian security services. The fire destroyed 90% of the shopping centre. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated that some perpetrators have been detained, and others identified and sought. The investigation involved dozens of prosecutors and police over a year, in cooperation with Lithuanian authorities, where some perpetrators had also committed sabotage. A Belarusian national, Stepan K., was charged with carrying out a similar terrorist arson attack on a Warsaw store on behalf of Russia. The arson was part of a series of sabotage acts in Poland and other regional countries, with Russia recruiting Ukrainian and Belarusian immigrants for these operations. Poland also expelled Russian consular staff in response to sabotage and cyberwarfare activities attributed to Moscow.