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A Polish court has handed down prison sentences to three Ukrainians for their role in a series of major fires in Poland and the Baltic states, as Warsaw seeks to crack down on what it calls a wave of sabotage orchestrated by Russia.
Officials say Poland has been the target of sabotage actions as part of a "hybrid war" being waged by Russia to destabilize the functioning of countries supporting Ukraine, including tactics such as arson and cyberattacks.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk accused Russian secret services of being behind a major fire that almost completely destroyed a shopping mall in Warsaw in May last year.
Polish investigators are also cooperating with authorities in Lithuania, which accused Russia's military intelligence of orchestrating an arson attack on an IKEA store in Vilnius.
That fire broke out three days before the blaze at the shopping mall in Poland. Russia has denied involvement in the arson attacks.
“ The three defendants were convicted of participating (at different times in 2023-2024) in an organized group operating in Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine and Russia, with the aim of committing sabotage and terrorist crimes. The defendants acted together and in cooperation with each other and with other identified individuals, against whom proceedings are ongoing ,” Polish prosecutors said in a statement.
The defendants are referred to by their first names and an initial due to Polish privacy laws.
Pavlo T was sentenced to five and a half years in prison;
Serhii R up to two and a half years;
And Vladyslav Y with one year and four months.
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