Deputy Minister Stanisław Żaryn commented on the issue of railway incidents on Polish Radio 3. The deputy minister-coordinator of the secret services spoke about the actions of the Internal Security Agency.
The government’s plenipotentiary for information space security said that the Homeland Security Agency had taken appropriate action in connection with the incidents.
The ABW has indeed taken action on these incidents. The purpose of these activities is to find out not only who is behind it, but also what the nature of these activities is. At the moment we are talking about two detainees. Podlasie police made such arrests. We need to check what exactly these people did, what signal was identified in this system and an unauthorized signal was sent by these specific people
he said.
We are still talking about the recognition of this topic. We do not have all the collected information. Some patience and calmness are needed. As a special service we explain these kinds of stories. This is not an event that would set a precedent as this system has been used in the past and some events have been reported. It is a system in which incidents occur. Therefore, you need to look at it calmly, do not panic
– added.
Stanisław Żaryn also referred to the suggestion that a foreign state may be behind the incidents.
Sure, Homeland Security must be involved in investigating such matters at this point, but it’s not certain that we’re talking about some Machiavellian operation backed by a foreign state.
– he said.
Subsequently, the issue of the break-up by the Polish services of the Russian espionage network operating in Poland was raised.
One such network was indeed identified by the Internal Security Agency. Sixteen people have already been charged. The investigation is still ongoing, the case requires constant activity on the part of the ABW. This is a grid that is visible, an effort to recreate, an effort to recruit new people. We know the modus operandi, but it’s not like we can sleep peacefully, because we’ve caught everyone and nothing happens. Unfortunately, we are in a place where counterintelligence has to operate at a high level of activity
– said Stanislaw Zaryn.
Referring to other events that have happened recently on the track, he noted that “at the moment many incidents or events may be due to the operations of Russian secret services, for example, so such things cannot be underestimated.”
I don’t want to cause panic. Various things have been happening on the track for quite some time now. Here we have events that must be explained one by one by specialized committees
– he said.
Railway incidents
PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe reported that in the province of West Pomerania, there was an unauthorized transmission of a radio stop signal. The company said travelers are safe, but there are delays on trains. She added that relevant authorities had been notified of the incident. A similar incident occurred in the Łapy area near Białystok
There have been incidents on the railway in the past, eg at the station in Skierniewice, where a freight train and Koleje Mazowieckie collided. In turn, the morning derailment of the PKP Intercity train from Białystok to Warszawa Zachodnia blocked traffic at Podlaskie station. PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe SA reported that these cases were being investigated by the railway commission.
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Source: wPolityce