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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Dan Sabbagh and Jennifer Rankin in Warsaw

Polish PM accuses Russia of planning ‘acts of terrorism’ around the world

Donald Tusk speaking in Warsaw during a joint press conference with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Tusk said: ‘The latest information can confirm the validity of fears that Russia was planning acts of terrorism in the air not only against Poland.” Photograph: Paweł Supernak/EPA

Russia planned to conduct “acts of terrorism in the air”, Polish prime minister Donald Tusk said on Wednesday, by plotting a wave of fire bomb attacks that could have brought down planes mid-flight around the world.

Warsaw had been involved in countering “acts of sabotage” conducted by Russia, Tusk added, before he referred to incendiary parcel attacks that took place in the UK, Germany and Poland during the summer.

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