Poland-Ukraine railway explosion slammed as 'unprecedented act of sabotage'

POLISH Prime Minister Donald Tusk yesterday slammed an explosion on a railway used for crucial deliveries to Ukraine.

- BY ANDY LINES

He called it an “unprecedented act of sabotage” and said it could have led to disaster on the track, which is used by 115 trains a day.

There were no casualties from the incident on the line from the capital Warsaw to Lublin. But it could have been catastrophic if the gap in the tracks had caused a train travelling at full speed to derail.

Mr Tusk visited the scene of the crash, 100km from Warsaw, and said: “Unfortunately, there is no doubt that we are dealing with an act of sabotage. Fortunately, there was no tragedy, but the matter is nonetheless very serious.”

He described the attack as “an attempt to destabilise and destroy railway infrastructure, which could have led to a rail disaster”.