Poland said on Wednesday it would close the last Russian consulate in its territory and urged EU allies to restrict Russian diplomats in the bloc’s Schengen free-travel area in response to a railway explosion it blames on Moscow.

Poland, a major ally in Kyiv’s fight against Russia’s invasion, says two Ukrainians collaborating with Moscow perpetrated the weekend blast on the Warsaw-Lublin line, which connects Warsaw to the Ukrainian border.

The pair fled to Belarus, an ally of Russia, Warsaw says.

‘Russophobia’

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said at a news conference that the first response would be to close the last operating Russian consulate in Poland in the northern city of Gdansk.

Poland has previously closed Russian consulates in Krakow and Poznan over sabotage act

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