Strong accusation from Poland’s Tusk: Russia planned terrorist attacks against airplanes

Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk said on Wednesday that Russia has been planning aerial terrorist attacks against Poland and other countries.

Tusk spoke to the media after he had discussed the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky in with in Warsaw.

“I can only confirm that Russia planned air terror, not only against Poland​​ but airlines all over the world,” Tusk said According to Politico At a press conference held in Warsaw.

The New York Times reported at the beginning of the week that the US intelligence service warned the White House that Russia plans to smuggle incendiary devices onto cargo planes bound for the United States.

According to the newspaper, the White House urged the Kremlin to end the operation.

Most recently, Russia was accused of shooting down an Azerbaijani airliner that crashed in Kazakhstan on Christmas Day, killing 38 people.

President of Russia Vladimir Putin has apologized for the fact that the events that led to the downing of the passenger plane happened in Russian airspace.

In the past, Russia has also been accused of sabotaging the European transport infrastructure and jamming the GPS signals of several countries, such as Finland.

In April 2024, the Czech Minister of Transport Martin Kupka warned that Russia has made “thousands of attempts” to attack European railways since the start of the full-scale war in Ukraine. The Kremlin has denied the accusations.