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Russian drone hits train after Boris Johnson leaves area
Published : Monday, 14 September, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Observer online report
A Russian drone struck a passenger train near Ukraine’s border with Poland on Sunday shortly after former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other European security officials had passed through the area.
The drone hit the locomotive of a train at Yahodyn railway station, about two kilometres from the Polish border. No casualties were reported as passengers were evacuated in advance.
Johnson and other European officials, including UK national security adviser Jonathan Powell and former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt, were travelling on a diplomatic train returning from a security conference in Kyiv.
The diplomatic train had left Yahodyn earlier than scheduled. Ukraine’s state railway operator Ukrzaliznytsia said it was “highly probable” that the Russian drone had intended to target the diplomatic train.
Russia’s Defence Ministry confirmed strikes on railway infrastructure in western Ukraine but did not say that the diplomatic train was targeted.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, responding to an AFP question about the incident, said it occurred inside Ukrainian territory and that Russian forces would continue carrying out their assigned tasks across Ukraine.
The attack took place around two kilometres from the Polish border, raising concern in Warsaw. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said his government had information that Russia could target Ukrainian border infrastructure in ways that could directly affect Poland.
Poland held an emergency government meeting on Sunday evening to review the situation.
The strike came as Russia continued attacks in western Ukraine, an area far from the main battlefront and the eastern and southern territories claimed by Moscow.
The European Union said in a statement on Monday that the attacks near Ukraine’s international borders were aimed at intimidating European countries and discouraging them from continuing their support for Ukraine.
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