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Polish Drone Plant Fire Investigated as Potential Foreign Intelligence Sabotage
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An August 31 fire at a WB Electronics factory in Skarżysko-Kamienna, located 150 km from Warsaw, is being investigated as a possible act of sabotage, with damages estimated at 15 million zlotys (around $4 million), as reported by Reuters.
Polish Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński stated that evidence suggests a deliberate act of sabotage, while DPA reported that prosecutors have launched a case based on suspected terrorism and activity for a foreign intelligence service.
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Surveillance cameras captured a man in a balaclava and carrying a backpack entering the property over a fence around midnight before allegedly setting fire to a production building near an electronic component warehouse.
The fire was small and firefighters extinguished it within two hours. WB Group, founded in 1997, is Poland’s largest private defense company with over 2,500 employees and reported revenues of approximately 2.9 billion zlotys ($780 million) in 2025.
The company produces FlyEye and Warmate drones, as well as communication systems and electronic equipment used by both the Polish and Ukrainian militaries.
Poland has been strengthening its defenses amid concerns over potential Russian provocations. On August 17, Polish Deputy Defense Minister Cezary Tomczyk said Warsaw was preparing for the possibility of war and warned that a large-scale Kremlin provocation could occur “within a few months.”
Previously, the Security Service of Ukraine, together with Polish law enforcement, exposed 11 individuals who had organized a series of Kremlin-funded anti-Ukrainian rallies across Poland on Moscow's direct orders.
Between 2025 and 2026, the group staged five paid pseudo-protests in Warsaw and Wrocław, offering participants between $100 and $200 per appearance to destabilize European society and discredit Ukraine internationally.
Moscow curators managed every stage of the scheme by recruiting participants, briefing them, handing out provocative materials, and distributing cash payments before all 11 organizers—comprising nine Ukrainian and two Belarusian citizens—were ultimately identified and deported to their countries of origin.
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