The crash of a Polish government plane in Smolensk was not an accident. Investigators have revealed the causes of the accident TVNOVINY.sk – TVNOVINY.sk

The file suggests that the then Polish president became the target for his anti-Russian policy. Explosive devices on board the plane caused the crash of a Polish government plane, which killed 96 people in 2010 near the Russian city of Smolensk, including then-Polish President Lech Kaczynski. A special Polish commission of inquiry said this on Tuesday, the AFP agency said. “The real cause of the disaster in Smolensk was two explosions in the final phase of the flight,” the government commission said in a report published online. The aircraft was maintained in the city of Samara at the Aviakor plant, which at the time belonged to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripask, a friend of then-Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. on the “possibilities” of setting up explosives and suggests that the then Polish president could have become a target for his anti-Russian policy. The chairman of the Polish ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS), Jaroslaw Kaczynski, said on Sunday that it was an attack allegedly involving perpetrators from Poland and Russia. He called for their identification and punishment. In the background, former Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Source: Profimedia Anniversary of the plane crash Kaczynski spoke at a memorial ceremony on the occasion of the 12th anniversary of the plane crash, in which his twin brother Lech died along with his wife and leading government officials. They were returning from Russia, where they took part in the memory of the victims of the Katyn massacre from World War II. The cause of the crash of the Polish government special near the Russian city of Smolensk is the subject of a heated debate that has divided Poland since 2010. The Conservatives accuse the then liberal government of negligence in preparing the trip of the government delegation and criticize the subsequent investigation. The Polish government has argued for years that the accident was not at odds with initial findings, which blamed bad weather, as well as the mistakes of Polish pilots and Russian air traffic controllers. The official investigation into the crash was conducted during the previous liberal government of Donald Tusk – the main rival of the current head of PiS, Jaroslaw Kaczynski. In the days after the disaster, some members of the PiS blamed the then Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Russia, which refused to hand over the wreckage until it completed its own investigation, categorically denied any responsibility and blamed Poland for the plane crash.