Poland orders Russian consulate in Krakow closed after blaming Kremlin for 2024 arson

Polish administrators ordered the closure of Russia's consulate in Krakow on Monday after an inspection concluded that Moscow was responsible for a arson that destroyed a shopping center in Warsaw Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski informed the closure on Monday and also remarked on the matter during a visit to the U K It came after the conclusion of a year-long inquiry into a blaze that destroyed a shopping center with particular stores last year This was a huge fire of a shopping mall in Warsaw in which just by sheer luck nobody was hurt This is fully unacceptable Sikorski mentioned So the Russian consulate will have to leave and if these attacks continue we ll take further action Russian agents have denied wrongdoing and condemned Poland's decision in statements to the press ZELENSKYY ASSERTS 'RUSSIAN NARRATIVES ARE PREVAILING' IN US DURING ' MINUTES' INTERVIEW Warsaw is continuing to deliberately destroy relations and acting against the interests of its citizens ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova commented according to Russian media RUSSIA'S PUTIN HOSTS CHINA'S XI AT MASSIVE MOSCOW MILITARY PARADE ON RED SQUAREThe episode comes just days before Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to meet face-to-face with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Turkey on Thursday Putin initially proposed the Thursday meeting this weekend and President Donald Trump prompted Zelenskyy to accept the offer Putin noted the talks in Istanbul must be held without preconditions and with the goal of lasting peace Putin has thus far offered scarce if any concessions but is now saying talks should address the root causes of the war He commented Sunday that he planned to speak to Turkish President Tayyip Erdo an about facilitating the negotiations which he revealed could upshot in a ceasefire BIDEN BLASTS TRUMP AS 'FOOLISH' APPEASER OF RUSSIA SAYS FIRST DAYS WERE NO TRIUMPH Our proposal as they say is on the table Putin revealed The decision is now up to the Ukrainian government and their curators who are guided it seems by their personal political ambitions and not by the interests of their peoples The Russian leader declared he does not rule out that Moscow and Kyiv will agree on particular new truces a new ceasefire during negotiations in Turkey saying that the talks would be the first step toward a sustainable peace Fox News' Landon Mion contributed to this statement