According to Reuters, Investigators are investigating Szymczyk as local media report that the director of the Polish National Police fired a grenade launcher at the headquarters.
Poland’s interior minister only said on Thursday that Yaroslav Szymczyk was injured and taken to hospital when a gift he received during a visit to Ukraine exploded at the headquarters of the national police in Warsaw.
Polish media reports that the gift is a grenade launcher, and that Szymczyk accidentally fired it in his office, in a serious breach of security regulations, and damaged the ceiling in the building.
The Polish prosecutor’s office released a statement saying only that it was investigating “an unintentional act of forcibly releasing energy that threatened the life or integrity of many people and property.”
The note says that three people were injured, but did not reveal how serious the injuries were.
The commander met with the heads of the Emergency Police Service of Ukraine on Sunday and Monday, the Polish Interior Ministry said.
After the explosion, “the Polish side turned to the Ukrainian side with a request for clarifying explanations,” he added. According to the Polish Ministry, the police commander has been in the hospital for observation since Wednesday.
Poland is an ally of Ukraine and offered it various forms of support after the Russian invasion of the country on three fronts on February 24 this year: Warsaw sent military and humanitarian aid and received a large number of refugees.
The military offensive launched by Russia in Ukraine has already caused the flight of more than 14 million people – 6.5 million internally displaced people and more than 7.8 million to European countries – according to the latest figures from the UN, which classifies this migration crisis as the worst in Europe since the Second World War. world war (1939-1945).
At the moment, 17.7 million Ukrainians are in need of humanitarian assistance, and 9.3 million are in need of food aid and housing.
The Russian invasion, justified by Russian President Vladimir Putin on the need to “denazify” and demilitarize Ukraine for Russia’s security, was condemned by the international community as a whole, which responded by sending weapons to Ukraine and imposing them on Russia. political and economic sanctions.
