A government commission in Warsaw has stated that Russia was responsible for a plane disaster in 2010 that killed 96 people, including Polish President Lech Kaczynski.
According to the special commission’s newest report, the April 10, 2010 crash was caused by the deliberate detonation of set explosives. Mr. Kaczynski, the first lady, and 94 other members of the government and armed forces, as well as many other notable Poles, were killed in the plane accident.
Their fatalities were caused by a ‘act of unlawful interference by the Russian side,’ according to Commission head Antoni Macierewicz, who spoke at a press conference today. ‘The main and indisputable proof of the intervention was an explosion in the left-wing? Mr. Macierwicz, who served as defense minister in Poland’s right-wing administration from 2015 to 2018, added: ‘The primary and indisputable proof of the interference was an explosion in the left-wing? ‘There was an explosion in the plane’s center, followed by a fireball.’
Despite the terrible weather at the time of the crash, he denied that any mistakes were made by Polish pilots or crew members. The current study reiterates numerous prior claims made by the panel, which was created by the government and whose central figure is Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the twin of the late president and the leader of the ruling Law and Justice party.
Andrzej Duda, Poland’s president, stood in Pilsudski Square yesterday to light a candle at the plane disaster memorial. It was part of the commemorations for the crash’s 12th anniversary. The latest revelation comes while Russia’s war on Poland’s neighboring country, Ukraine, rages on, and as relations between Moscow and Warsaw remain tight.
Poland is standing behind Ukraine in its fight against Russia, asking for severe penalties against Moscow following its invasion of Ukraine on February 24.