Russia tried to plant explosives on planes, Polish interior minister says
Polish and Western security services foiled Russian special services' plans to plant explosives in parcels handled by courier companies and transported by air, the interior minister has said.
Tomasz Siemoniak on Thursday referred to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk's comments made a day before.
Tusk said at a press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Warsaw on Wednesday that "Russia was planning acts of air terror, not only against Poland, but against airlines around the world."
"We're talking about planting explosives in parcels which were shipped by courier companies, also by air, with the risk of an explosion occurring on a plane that is carrying those parcels," Siemoniak told Polish Radio One.
He said there was no doubt about Russia's responsibility for the acts.
Siemoniak went on to say that Polish and Western security services had been very successful in foiling the attempts.
"They crippled the plan and derailed it," he said.
Late last year, Western media reported on incidents of parcels exploding at airports and in warehouses in Europe. (PAP)
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