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Fire at Polish drone plant likely caused by sabotage, minister says
Prosecutors are examining foreign intelligence involvement after the blaze caused 15 million zloty in damage and prompted a sabotage probe.
- On Sunday, a fire broke out at a WB Electronics facility in Skarżysk-Kamienna, Poland, prompting an arson investigation after surveillance footage showed a masked person entering the site shortly before the blaze.
- The incident marks the sixth suspected sabotage or fire this year at a European defense manufacturer, following similar events in Czechia, France, Bulgaria, Italy, and Estonia.
- WB Electronics produces drone components and equipment for Ukraine's armed forces, making it a target type similar to an LPP Holding facility in Pardubice, Czechia, which sustained fire damage in March but did not halt 40 attack drone deliveries.
- Authorities in Czechia and Estonia publicly acknowledged Russian involvement as a line of inquiry, while officials in Italy and Bulgaria said they found no evidence linking their incidents to Moscow, despite Russia's Defense Ministry previously publishing a list of Ukrainian drone suppliers.
- Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, labeled such facilities potential military targets, while a Munich Security Report analysis counted roughly 150 suspected Russian hybrid incidents across NATO and European Union countries between January 2022 and December 2025.
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