Poland Orders Russian Consulate In Krakow Closed After Blaming Kremlin For 2024 Arson

Polish officials ordered nan closure of Russia's consulate successful Krakow connected Monday aft an investigation concluded that Moscow was responsible for a 2024 arson that destroyed a shopping halfway successful Warsaw.

Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski announced nan closure connected Monday and besides remarked connected nan matter during a sojourn to nan U.K. It came aft nan conclusion of a year-long investigation into a blaze that destroyed a shopping halfway pinch immoderate 1,400 stores past year. 

"This was a immense occurrence of a shopping promenade successful Warsaw successful which, conscionable by sheer luck, cipher was hurt. This is wholly unacceptable," Sikorski said. "So nan Russian consulate will person to leave, and if these attacks continue, we’ll return further action."

Russian officials person denied wrongdoing and condemned Poland's determination successful statements to nan press.

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A occurrence burns from a immense shopping analyzable successful Warsaw, Poland, May 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Norbert Ofmanski, File)

"Warsaw is continuing to deliberately destruct relations and acting against nan interests of its citizens," ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said, according to Russian media.

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The incident comes conscionable days earlier Russian President Vladimir Putin is group to meet face-to-face pinch Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy successful Turkey connected Thursday. Putin initially projected nan Thursday gathering this weekend, and President Donald Trump prompted Zelenskyy to judge nan offer. Putin said nan talks successful Istanbul must beryllium held without preconditions and pinch nan extremity of lasting peace.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet pinch Ukraine's Zelenskyy connected Thursday. (Valentina Pevtsova, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin has frankincense acold offered few, if any, concessions but is now saying talks should reside nan guidelines causes of nan war. He said Sunday that he planned to speak to Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan astir facilitating nan negotiations, which he said could consequence successful a ceasefire.

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"Our proposal, arsenic they say, is connected nan table," Putin said. "The determination is now up to nan Ukrainian authorities and their curators, who are guided, it seems, by their individual governmental ambitions, and not by nan interests of their peoples."

Zelenskyy agreed to meet straight pinch Putin pursuing urging from Trump.

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The Russian leader said he does not norm retired that Moscow and Kyiv will work together connected "some caller truces, a caller ceasefire" during negotiations successful Turkey, saying that nan talks would beryllium nan first measurement toward a "sustainable" peace.

Fox News' Landon Mion contributed to this report.