>On his way to the church, the ambassador “was surrounded by an aggressive group of protesters carrying banners with anti-Polish and anti-Ukrainian slogans”, writes the *Gazeta Wyborcza* daily, which was the first to report the incident on Thursday.
“On Wednesday, during a meeting with the Russian chargé d’affaire, the Polish side expressed its outrage,” added Wewiór. “In response, we were told that such situations ‘should not occur’.”
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Poland’s ambassador to Russia, Krzysztof Krajewski, has been attacked in Saint Petersburg by a group protesting Polish support for Ukraine.
On his way to the church, the ambassador “was surrounded by an aggressive group of protesters carrying banners with anti-Polish and anti-Ukrainian slogans”, writes the *Gazeta Wyborcza* daily, which was the first to report the incident on Thursday.
The group verbally criticised Krajewski for Poland’s support for Ukraine before, “at one point, several of them attempted to strike the ambassador”, says the newspaper.
That prompted a response from the Polish State Protection Service (SOP) officers who have constantly accompanied the ambassador since the worsening of relations with Moscow in the wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
“It was the most serious incident of its kind in many years,” an unnamed foreign ministry source told *Gazeta Wyborcza*. “Only the intervention of security guards prevented the ambassador from being beaten.”
The ministry’s spokesman, Maciej Wewiór, confirmed to the newspaper that the incident had taken place. “An aggressive group with banners…wanted to move from verbal assault to physical assault, but were stopped by the State Protection Service,” he said.
“On Wednesday, during a meeting with the Russian chargé d’affaire, the Polish side expressed its outrage,” added Wewiór. “In response, we were told that such situations ‘should not occur’.”
In response to accusations that it is behind the rail sabotage, the Russian government has accused Poland of “Russophobia”. It has also pledged to take “reciprocal measures” in response to the closure of the Gdańsk consulate.
Lukevito on
Be in stupid country
Experience stupid thing
Oh no
No-Tomatillo3698 on
Surely not orchestrated by the state
Tinna_Sell on
“Ordinary Russians don’t support Putin’s war” yeah, right
Aethernath on
Nicely organized by Russia, right after Poland takes action by closing down their consulate.
Russia always needs to escalate like the aggressors they are.
wgszpieg on
You have to look at it through russians’ eyes. Here is Poland, existing independently from Russia. I mean that’s madness. What next? Poles will make decisions about their own country without asking russia for permission? Maybe they’ll even speak their own language, or claim they shouldn’t be ruled from the Kremlin? It’s clearly russophobia!
Strigon_7 on
Isn’t that like the one unbreakable rule…. like in general, never kill attack or harm an ambassador or then its like all bets are off.
Lapkonium on
What goes around comes around I guess
WebGlittering7860 on
Russia is a regime state run by dictator and according to the ruling of the Criminal Tribunal in The Hague, an arrest warrant has been issued for Vladimir Putin. Also Russia already lost the war
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>On his way to the church, the ambassador “was surrounded by an aggressive group of protesters carrying banners with anti-Polish and anti-Ukrainian slogans”, writes the *Gazeta Wyborcza* daily, which was the first to report the incident on Thursday.
“On Wednesday, during a meeting with the Russian chargé d’affaire, the Polish side expressed its outrage,” added Wewiór. “In response, we were told that such situations ‘should not occur’.”
Poland’s ambassador to Russia, Krzysztof Krajewski, has been attacked in Saint Petersburg by a group protesting Polish support for Ukraine.
The incident took place on Sunday, the same day that sabotage of a train line was [discovered in Poland](https://notesfrompoland.com/2025/11/17/poland-confirms-act-of-sabotage-behind-explosion-that-damaged-rail-line/) but before the Polish government had [declared Russia to be responsible](https://notesfrompoland.com/2025/11/18/ukrainians-working-for-russia-carried-out-train-line-sabotage-says-polish-pm/) for it.
Krajewski, who has been ambassador since 2021, had been visiting the Catholic Church of St Catherine in Saint Petersburg for a service in Polish to celebrate Poland’s [Independence Day](https://notesfrompoland.com/2025/11/11/large-right-wing-independence-march-passes-through-warsaw/), which had fallen a few days earlier, on 11 November.
On his way to the church, the ambassador “was surrounded by an aggressive group of protesters carrying banners with anti-Polish and anti-Ukrainian slogans”, writes the *Gazeta Wyborcza* daily, which was the first to report the incident on Thursday.
The group verbally criticised Krajewski for Poland’s support for Ukraine before, “at one point, several of them attempted to strike the ambassador”, says the newspaper.
That prompted a response from the Polish State Protection Service (SOP) officers who have constantly accompanied the ambassador since the worsening of relations with Moscow in the wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
“It was the most serious incident of its kind in many years,” an unnamed foreign ministry source told *Gazeta Wyborcza*. “Only the intervention of security guards prevented the ambassador from being beaten.”
The ministry’s spokesman, Maciej Wewiór, confirmed to the newspaper that the incident had taken place. “An aggressive group with banners…wanted to move from verbal assault to physical assault, but were stopped by the State Protection Service,” he said.
“On Wednesday, during a meeting with the Russian chargé d’affaire, the Polish side expressed its outrage,” added Wewiór. “In response, we were told that such situations ‘should not occur’.”
Wednesday’s meeting took place because the Polish foreign ministry was handing a formal notice to the Russians ordering them to [close their consulate in Gdańsk](https://notesfrompoland.com/2025/11/19/poland-to-close-last-russian-consulate-in-response-to-train-line-sabotage/) in response to Moscow’s latest act of sabotage in Poland.
Previously, Russia’s consulates in [Poznań](https://notesfrompoland.com/2024/10/22/poland-closes-russian-consulate-and-expels-diplomats-in-response-to-sabotage/) and [Kraków](https://notesfrompoland.com/2025/05/12/poland-closes-russian-consulate-in-response-to-sabotage-evidence/) were closed for similar reasons. The one in Gdańsk had been the last one operating in Poland. Now, only the Russian embassy in Warsaw will remain.
In response to accusations that it is behind the rail sabotage, the Russian government has accused Poland of “Russophobia”. It has also pledged to take “reciprocal measures” in response to the closure of the Gdańsk consulate.
Be in stupid country
Experience stupid thing
Oh no
Surely not orchestrated by the state
“Ordinary Russians don’t support Putin’s war” yeah, right
Nicely organized by Russia, right after Poland takes action by closing down their consulate.
Russia always needs to escalate like the aggressors they are.
You have to look at it through russians’ eyes. Here is Poland, existing independently from Russia. I mean that’s madness. What next? Poles will make decisions about their own country without asking russia for permission? Maybe they’ll even speak their own language, or claim they shouldn’t be ruled from the Kremlin? It’s clearly russophobia!
Isn’t that like the one unbreakable rule…. like in general, never kill attack or harm an ambassador or then its like all bets are off.
What goes around comes around I guess
Russia is a regime state run by dictator and according to the ruling of the Criminal Tribunal in The Hague, an arrest warrant has been issued for Vladimir Putin. Also Russia already lost the war
This will end in next Russia divide.
Im curious what countires emerge this time.