Poland Launches Sabotage Probe in Drone Factory Fire
Prosecutors say the blaze was set with an explosive device and caused at least 15 million PLN in damage.
- On Monday, August 31, 2026, prosecutors launched a terrorism investigation into a fire at the WB Electronics S.A. facility in Skarżysko-Kamienna, Poland, suspecting deliberate arson by a foreign intelligence service.
- Recently, The Telegraph reported on suspected Russian sabotage operations in Europe targeting arms factories supplying Ukraine, designed to stay below NATO's Article 5 collective defense threshold.
- Investigators stated the fire began "by planting an explosive device containing flammable materials," causing at least 15 million PLN in damage; CCTV footage allegedly captured an unidentified person in a balaclava climbing the fence.
- A second fire within 24 hours at a Lublin warehouse prompted investigators to examine a possible link, with Karolina Galecka, spokeswoman for the Polish Ministry, confirming authorities are investigating every lead.
- Remigiusz Wilk of WB Group told TVN24 production will resume as soon as authorities complete their work, adding he expects no delivery delays for the Polish military or Polish Armaments Group.
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The Polish Public Prosecution Service has opened an investigation into the fire that raged last night at a drone factory. The Public Prosecution Service says it is investigating whether it involves a terrorist crime and arson in which foreign intelligence services were involved. The factory, WB Electronics, is one of Poland's largest private defense companies. Among other things, it manufactures reconnaissance drones used by Ukraine on the fron…
Prosecutors in Poland have ordered an investigation into the cause of a fire at a factory manufacturing combat drones south of Warsaw, amid suspicions of a terrorist act on behalf of foreign intelligence services. The fire broke out on Sunday night at the WB Electronics factory in the town of Skarzysko-Kamiena, about 150 kilometers south of the Polish capital. A police spokesman told the Fakt newspaper that the fire was extinguished without any …
Polish prosecutors have launched a terrorism investigation after a suspicious fire at the WB Electronics defense company's factory in the town of Skarżysko-Kamienna. According to the prosecutor's office, the August 31 fire was deliberately caused by placing an explosive device with flammable materials on the factory premises. Security cameras allegedly recorded an unidentified person wearing a face mask entering the facility after climbing a fen…
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