New Details Of The Attack On The Polish Ambassador In St. Petersburg Have Emerged
9- 23.11.2025, 13:43
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The situation was quite threatening.
The Polish ambassador to Russia Krzysztof Krajewski was attacked in St. Petersburg last Sunday. Krajewski had come to St. Petersburg to meet with ethnic Poles abroad on the occasion of Poland's Independence Day, Onet reported.
The Cazety Wyborczej reports that a group of demonstrators surrounded him as he and Consul Jaroslaw Strycharski walked to a service at the Basilica of St. Catherine of Alexandria. Those who gathered had with them banners bearing anti-Polish and anti-Ukrainian slogans. Several demonstrators tried to hit the Polish ambassador.
Polish Foreign Ministry spokesman Macej Wewer said the attack was carried out by an aggressive group with banners.
"From a verbal attack they wanted to move on to a physical attack, but were stopped by the State Protection Service (SOP)," he said.
This is confirmed by Colonel Boguslaw Perkowski, a spokesman for the SOP.
"Indeed, there was such a situation when Mr. Ambassador was on a walk. SOP personnel promptly intervened in accordance with our procedures. They evacuated the Ambassador without allowing the Ambassador to be physically assaulted. This is what we are trained to do," the SOP officer emphasized to Onet.
"A few aggressive people did try to get into the line of our officers, but they were thwarted. The situation was pretty threatening. If our officers weren't there, I wouldn't even comment on what might have happened. Mr. Ambassador was first taken into a nearby building, and from there was evacuated to the consulate," Colonel Perkovsky said.
It is noted that no one was hurt in these actions. No injuries were sustained by either the aggressors or any of the SOP officers, who focused primarily on protecting the ambassador rather than incapacitating the attackers.
Colonel Perkowski drew attention to another aspect of this tumultuous situation. "It is worth noting that being in a state where this happened, we had no support from the services there. Unlike in Poland, where diplomats are always protected, and always in such a situation Polish police or other services help provide security," the SOP official explained.
"I don't want to speak in general, but during this incident we had no guarantee of our ambassador's safety. Our officers were left alone. But they coped and behaved properly, taking care of the safety of the protected person," summarized Bogusław Perkowski.
SOP officers have been accompanying Ambassador Krzysztof Krajewski non-stop since Russia's aggression on Ukraine began.
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