Fire destroys a large shopping centre in Warsaw
Reportedon one origin only: 1 distinct origin, 1 tied to no party.
The dataset records a fire at a large shopping centre in Warsaw; NOS reported that Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Russians may have been behind it. It codes the incident as arson, apparent goal disrupt daily life; inflict economic damage, target public space: Shopping centre / Memorial / Landmark / Company / School, location Poland; the dataset dates it only to May 2024, so the date shown is the first of the month. The Leiden dataset includes incidents linked to Russia by officials, incidents fitting a pattern of officially suspected attacks, or incidents backed by journalistic evidence, and its authors call the data speculative and subject to change.
- When
- 1 May 2024
- Where
- Warsaw, Poland
- What
- arson
- Acting party
- Government of Russia
- Attribution
- Attributed by independent sources. Listed as a Russian operation in the Leiden University Russian Operations Against Europe dataset; the dataset and the source it cites link the incident to Russia.
- In the record
- Published 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC · revision 2 · leiden
Sources
- Evidence Leiden University, Russian Operations Against Europe dataset
- Evidence NOS
History
| When | Field | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC | status | null | confirmed | P1 leiden: researched from cited sources and graded by the one rule |
| 2026-10-28 06:37 UTC | status | confirmed | reported | P1 refresh: new citations or desk-eng ruling; graded again by the one rule |
Cite or reuse
The War Record, "Fire destroys a large shopping centre in Warsaw", ev-20261027-qx8q, revision 2, https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261027-qx8q/