Donald Tusk confirms arson sabotage at WB Group drone factory in Poland

Sabotage confirmation and industrial targets

Prime Minister Donald Tusk confirmed on Wednesday that a fire at a WB Group drone manufacturing facility in Skarżysko-Kamienna was deliberate arson and an act of foreign sabotage. The fire broke out just after midnight on Monday in an assembly room on Obuwnicza Street, causing at least 15 million PLN in preliminary damages to warehouse facilities housing electronic drone parts. WB Group produces military reconnaissance and combat unmanned systems, including FlyEye and Gladius drones used by Polish and Ukrainian armed forces. A separate fire occurred on Sunday at a production and storage hall belonging to JFG Composites, an aircraft component manufacturer based in Lublin. While investigators have not confirmed sabotage in the Lublin incident, government officials noted the strategic profile of the factory.

Tusk addressed both incidents ahead of a cabinet meeting in Warsaw.

In the case of Lublin, we do not have such evidence, but given the nature of the production, we cannot rule out the possibility that this was also a deliberate arson attack.

Attack details and security response

According to investigative findings reported by Radio Eska, a masked intruder breached an exterior gate at the Skarżysko-Kamienna facility and headed directly toward the building storing electronic components. The intruder smashed a window, poured petrol from a bottle, and ignited the fire inside the assembly room. The intruder carried several prepared Molotov cocktails but fled after an anti-burglary alarm sounded and automated loudspeaker warnings activated across the facility. Investigators recovered discarded petrol bottles and clothing items left at the scene. Deputy Interior Minister Czesław Mroczek confirmed that internal surveillance recorded the masked perpetrator, stating that evidence points to foreign intelligence direction.

The Małopolska branch of the National Prosecutor's Office opened an investigation on Monday regarding foreign intelligence activities and offenses of a terrorist nature. The Internal Security Agency (ABW) and police officers secured the site to collect forensic evidence.

Financial tracking and legislative response

Tusk linked the arson attack to broader Russian efforts to disrupt infrastructure across NATO's eastern flank. He stated that foreign intelligence networks rely heavily on digital assets to recruit and compensate domestic operatives carrying out attacks. The prime minister called on opposition lawmakers and President Karol Nawrocki to support cryptocurrency market regulations scheduled for a Sejm vote on Friday. The vote concerns overriding a presidential veto on the proposed regulatory bill.

There was no doubt that the method of settlement, of hiring attackers, is based on cryptocurrencies. For obvious reasons, because the lack of regulation, the lack of provisions, the lack of a law means that one can roam this market completely with impunity, without any control.

Countering disinformation campaigns

Special services spokesman Jacek Dobrzyński cautioned the public against disinformation circulating on online platforms following the incident. False claims on social media platform X attempted to link the fire to unrelated events on Monday, including a helicopter power line strike in Tarnobrzeg and a false bomb alert at a military base in Elbląg. Online commentators attempted to blame Ukrainian actors and question national migration policy. Polish authorities confirmed that intelligence tracking points eastward to Russian destabilisation operations rather than domestic or Ukrainian actors.