Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski says is ordering the closure of Russia’s consulate in the southern city of Krakow after Polish authorities said Russia was responsible for a fire that destroyed a shopping center in Warsaw last year.

Poland ‘s Foreign Ministry today announced the closure of a Russian consulate after Polish authorities yesterday Sunday accused Russian intelligence agencies of being behind a major fire that broke out in Warsaw last year and almost completely destroyed a shopping mall.

Poland said Monday it would closea second Russian consulate over a May 2024 blaze that destroyed the largest shopping mall in the capital, Warsaw, saying the evidence showed Moscow was behind it.