Poland will close the last Russian consulate in the country in response to what the government describes as a Moscow-backed attempt to sabotage a key railway line last weekend, Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said on Wednesday.
The announcement followed a speech in parliament in which Sikorski urged President Karol Nawrocki, who is aligned with the opposition, and opposition lawmakers to stop attacking the European Union, Ukraine, and Ukrainians living in Poland. The minister noted that Russia spends billions to sow discord within the EU and to provoke anti-Ukrainian sentiment, which has sharply increased in Poland after the railway sabotage incident.
According to Polish authorities, the sabotage was organized by two Ukrainian citizens working for Russia, who are currently in Belarus. The last functioning Russian consulate in Poland is located in the port city of Gdańsk. Previously, Poland closed the Russian consulates in Kraków and Poznań in response to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and hybrid sabotage incidents in Poland.
The consulate in Gdańsk will close on December 23, 2025.