Poland's foreign minister says his country has evidence that Russia recruited people on the Telegram messaging service to carry out last year's massive shopping centre fire in Warsaw. Speaking to the BBC in an exclusive interview,

A massive fire that destroyed a large shopping center in Warsaw last year was the result of arson ordered by Russian intelligence services, Polish officials said Sunday on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the blaze.

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland has withdrawn consent for the operation of the Russian consulate in Krakow due to evidence that Moscow was responsible for a massive fire that nearly completely destroyed a Warsaw shopping centre in May 2024, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said in a post on X on Monday.