A massive fire that destroyed a large shopping center in Warsaw last year was the result of arson ordered by Russian intelligence services, Polish officials said Sunday on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the blaze.

Poland’s government has summoned the Russian ambassador and vowed to shut down the country’s consulate in the city of Krakow after concluding Russian sabotage caused a huge fire in a shopping centre. Russia has denied any involvement in the fire, which almost completely destroyed a shopping complex in the Polish capital of Warsaw in 2024.

WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s foreign minister said Monday that he was ordering the closure of the Russian Consulate in the southern city of Krakow, after authorities blamed Moscow for a fire that destroyed a shopping center in Warsaw last year.