Poland’s police chief Jaroslaw Szymczyk has been hospitalized with minor injuries after a gift he received from a senior Ukrainian official exploded, the interior ministry said Thursday. Szymczyk had met with the heads of Ukraine’s police and state emergency services during the visit and the “the present was a gift from one of the heads of Ukraine’s services,” the ministry said. It did not specify what object the Polish commander had received.
The police chief’s injuries were “minor” and he remains in the hospital under observation.
A civilian employee of the national police headquarters also suffered minor injuries that did not require hospitalization.
The Polish side has asked the Ukrainian side to 'provide an explanation' the ministry added.
Poland is an ally of Ukraine and has offered the neighboring country various kinds of support, including military and humanitarian aid, since Russia’s full-scale invasion on Feb. 24. Poland also has accepted a large number of Ukrainian refugees.
Source TOI/ Photo Courtesy/Policja