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A Russian drone damaged a train on the Ukraine-Poland border after European leaders passed through
The attack occurred near Yahodyn and left no casualties. According to Ukrainian and Polish authorities, the impact took place two kilometers from the border with Poland, shortly after another convoy carrying European figures crossed the area.
A Russian drone struck a train near the border between Ukraine and Poland shortly after another convoy traveled along the same line carrying European leaders and advisers returning from a conference in Kyiv, according to the BBC and as reported by La Vanguardia.
The attack occurred in the Yahodyn area, two kilometers from the border, according to Ukrainian and Polish authorities cited by the BBC. The impact damaged the train, but no casualties were reported and passengers were evacuated, the outlet said. La Vanguardia added that it was the locomotive of a passenger train bound for Warsaw.
According to the BBC, among those who had previously passed along that same line were former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and British adviser Jonathan Powell. It also said former CIA director David Petraeus was aboard another train at the Yahodyn station when the attack occurred. La Vanguardia also mentioned former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt and the foreign policy adviser to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Günter Sautter, in a convoy that had passed minutes earlier.
The Ukrainian state railway company Ukrzaliznytsia said, according to the BBC, that it was “very possible” the drone’s target had been the diplomatic train. The company also said that convoy had departed earlier than planned because of constant threats of Russian attacks and that the order to evacuate passengers from the affected train was given just 15 minutes before the impact.
Russia said it had attacked railway infrastructure in western Ukraine, according to the BBC. La Vanguardia said the Kremlin maintained that the attacks targeted a transport line used for military transport.
Johnson wrote on X that he did not understand the “twisted logic” behind attacking a Ukrainian locomotive parked on the Polish border and called on Kyiv’s allies to urgently provide more air defenses, according to the BBC. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha described the episode as an attack at the gates of the European Union and NATO and again called for new sanctions against Moscow.
In Poland, Prime Minister Donald Tusk called an emergency meeting to assess the situation, the BBC reported. La Vanguardia added that Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski considered what happened an escalation.
Travelers on another train were warned to prepare for a possible evacuation before being able to continue, Bildt told the BBC. That convoy later arrived at the Polish border station of Dorohusk.
The BBC said Johnson and other senior European advisers were returning from the Yalta European Strategy conference, held in Kyiv. In that context, the outlet noted that Russia has been intensifying attacks on trains, railway depots, service stations and border crossings in Ukraine.
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