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Russian drone hits Kyiv-Warsaw train minutes after Boris Johnson's group departs

A Russian strike near the Polish border narrowly missed a train carrying Boris Johnson, David Petraeus and senior European officials, prompting EU warnings of a deliberate message to Kyiv's allies.

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What to know

  • A Russian drone strike hit a Kyiv-Warsaw passenger train's locomotive just two kilometers from the Polish border, minutes after a train carrying Boris Johnson, Friedrich Merz's top security adviser and other senior European officials had departed the same station; no one was injured.
  • The New York Times separately reported the strike also came near former CIA director David Petraeus, adding another prominent figure to the list of those endangered.
  • Ukrainian, Polish and EU officials (Sybiha, Kierwinski, Tusk, Kallas) characterized the strike as a deliberate escalation and a message aimed at intimidating Ukraine's Western backers, rather than a stray or coincidental hit.
  • Poland and Estonia say the attack shows Russian strikes are moving closer to NATO/EU territory, with Tusk warning of 'very intensive actions' from Russia in coming months.
some voices

The 'narrowly missed VIPs' framing is overstated or coincidental rather than evidence of a targeted attack.

  • “Car accident happens 2 hours after I went through an intersection. Does this mean I survived a car crash?”

    baseketball · Reddit ↗
some voices

Doubt that the US under Trump will meaningfully respond to Russian escalation.

  • “We're having trouble with Iran because Trump thinks he can win by just bombing things. Air power doesn't win a war.”

    AndrewCoja · Reddit ↗

Boris Johnson Former UK Prime MinisterKaja KallasKaja Kallas EU foreign policy chiefAndrii SybihaAndrii Sybiha Ukrainian Foreign MinisterDonald TuskDonald Tusk Polish Prime MinisterDavid PetraeusDavid Petraeus Former CIA DirectorMargus TsahknaMargus Tsahkna Estonian Foreign Minister

Russian drone hits Kyiv-Warsaw train minutes after Boris Johnson's group departs
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How it unfolded 7 developments, newest first · click a bar or a number to jump articlesvideospostscomments

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  1. 7

    NYT reports strike came near ex-CIA chief David Petraeus

    The New York Times reported that the Russian strikes near the Polish border also came close to former CIA director David Petraeus, adding another high-profile Western figure to those endangered by the attack.

    1. 6 outlets Russia vows to keep striking ‘whole’ of Ukraine after rare ‘drone attack’ near Polish border

      first by Hindustan Times, 10d ago · also Associated Press, NPR, France 24, France 24 EN, Kyiv Independent

      3 more headlines
    2. 3 outlets NATO chief Rutte vows more support for Ukraine after Russian drone strikes near Polish border

      first by Mercury News, 10d ago · also NYT, Philadelphia Inquirer

      1 more headline
    • europesays@pubeurope.com

      https://www. europesays.com/3250889/ NATO Chief Rutte Vows More Support for Ukraine After Russian Drone Strikes Near Polish Border # Conflicts # Russia # RussiaUkraine # RussiaUkraineWar # RussianInvasionOfUkraine # RussoUkrainianWar # Ukraine

      europesays@pubeurope.comMastodon10d agoview on Mastodon ↗
    1 more of the top 2 · 3 posts in this stretch

    • Luckily this is no argument anyone accepts ATM as international law but yes. I know. You are right. That's a perfectly valid stance.

      New_Breadfruit5664r/anime_titties10d agoview on r/anime_titties ↗
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  2. 6

    Kallas calls the strike a message to the West, says EU 'not scared'

    EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the drone attack that narrowly missed Johnson and Petraeus amounted to a message to the Western world, and Politico reported EU diplomats assessing the strike as an attempt by Russia to intimidate Ukraine's allies.

    “We are not scared…”
    — Kaja Kallas, EU foreign policy chief
    1. 5 outlets Was Russian train strike meant to 'scare' the West?

      first by France 24 EN, 10d ago · also Guardian, NYT, Deutsche Welle EN, Globe and Mail

      4 more headlines
    2. 2 outlets Russia wanted to cow Ukraine allies with railway drone attack, says top EU diplomat

      first by Politico, 10d ago · also Politico Europe

    1 more claim →
    • Free_Press@mstdn.social

      FM Sikorski: "We are meeting on the day when Russia attacked locations right on the border of Poland, which is also the border of the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Russia attacked with modernized drones equipped with jet engines and improved guidance components. This is an escalation, another major challenge for…

      Free_Press@mstdn.socialMastodon10d ago7▲view on Mastodon ↗
    2 more of the top 3 · 14 posts in this stretch

    • You didn't americanize it enough. In any other era, I would agree with you but the fate of anyone not named donald trump makes no difference to donald trump. If he's not going to war with Russia already, he's not doing it after GW is killed.

      FuckYouFord_r/worldnews10d agoview on r/worldnews ↗
    • meganL@mas.to

      Russian drone hits train near Poland | DW News "Shock near the EU's eastern frontier: a Russian drone struck at a train station just two kilometers from the Polish border. No one was injured, but Warsaw is calling it a dangerous escalation. DW's Kyiv correspondent Grzegorz Szymanowskihas the latest, including reports that a diplomatic train passed…

      meganL@mas.toMastodon10d ago1▲view on Mastodon ↗
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  3. 5

    Tusk warns Russia will take 'very intensive actions' in coming months

    A day after the strikes, Tusk said Poland expects Russian activity near its border to escalate further in the near term.

    “Car accident happens 2 hours after I went through an intersection. Does this mean I survived a car crash?”
    — baseketball, Reddit commenter · source
    1. 7 outlets Russian drone hits train near Ukraine-Poland border shortly after visiting diplomats pass through

      first by Globe and Mail, 11d ago · also Japan Today, Bangkok Post, Le Monde EN, Meduza EN, BBC, RTE News

      4 more headlines
    2. 3 outlets Poland, Ukraine accuse Russia of ‘escalation’ after strikes near border

      first by Associated Press, 10d ago · also EUobserver, Al Jazeera

      1 more headline
    3 more claims →
    • fulelo@journa.host

      # BBCNews - Russia hits Ukrainian train near the Polish border shortly after top European officials leave station https://www. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy5zg4 1dkqwo # UkraineWar

      fulelo@journa.hostMastodon10d ago6▲view on Mastodon ↗
    2 more of the top 3 · 21 posts in this stretch

    • We're having trouble with Iran because Trump thinks he can win by just bombing things. Air power doesn't win a war. It never has and never will. You have to have boots on the ground to win a war. Trump can't do that because it would cost a lot of American lives and would be incredibly unpopular. It would also require a massive increase in the size…

      AndrewCojar/worldnews11d agoview on r/worldnews ↗
    • GeoWire@mastodon.social

      🔴 BREAKING Poland and Ukraine Accuse Russia of Escalation After Border Strikes Russia struck a train near the Poland-Ukraine border, prompting accusations of escalation from both Warsaw and Kyiv. Western officials, including former UK PM Boris Johnson, were present at the scene during the incident, highlighting... 📰 https://www…

      GeoWire@mastodon.socialMastodon11d ago2▲view on Mastodon ↗
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  4. 4

    Polish and Estonian officials call the strikes a real threat to NATO territory

    Polish Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski and armed forces spokesman Jacek Goryszewski said Poland was treating the strikes with 'utmost seriousness', while Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna, stranded at the border by the drone threat, said Russia's attacks were moving closer to NATO and the EU.

    “Drones were operating and even striking targets located very close to the Polish border…”
    — Jacek Goryszewski, Polish Armed Forces spokesperson
    1. 8 outlets Ukraine drone strikes kill four as Russia attacks close to Poland border

      first by Al Jazeera, 11d ago · also Kyiv Independent, Evening Standard, Hindustan Times, France 24 EN, UPI, RFE/RL +1

      7 more headlines

    • WOW. Former UK PM Boris Johnson was on the Kyiv-Warsaw train hit by a Russian drone near the Polish border, along with Friedrich Merz’s top foreign policy and security adviser and senior advisers to multiple other European governments.

      @RpsAgainstTrumpX11d ago1.0k▲view on X ↗
    2 more of the top 3 · 21 posts in this stretch
    • united24media.com

      🔴 Ukrainian Railways confirmed that a diplomatic train carrying Boris Johnson and EU security advisors narrowly avoided a Russian drone strike near the Polish border. 1/2

      united24media.comBluesky11d ago220▲view on Bluesky ↗
    • ScottLucas

      RE: https:// journa.host/@ScottLucas/117256 599302568572 Kyiv–Warsaw passenger train struck by # Russia drone just two km from # Ukraine border with Poland Monitoring team detected the threat in advance and warned the train crew, preventing casualties # UkraineWar

      ScottLucasMastodon11d ago9▲view on Mastodon ↗
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  5. 3

    Reports emerge Boris Johnson's diplomatic train had just left the station

    Coverage revealed that Boris Johnson, along with Friedrich Merz's top foreign policy adviser and other senior European advisers, had passed through the same station shortly before the strike; Ukrainian Railways later confirmed the diplomatic train narrowly avoided the drone.

    “I don't know what warped logic drove Putin to blow up a stationary Ukrainian locomotive on the Polish border this morning…”
    — Boris Johnson
    1. 2 outlets Russia hits Ukrainian train shortly after Boris Johnson leaves station

      first by Al Jazeera, 10d ago · also BBC

      1 more headline
    2. 2 outlets Russia hits train shortly after Boris Johnson leaves station

      first by Sydney Morning Herald, 11d ago · also Times of Israel

      2 more headlines
    • united24media.com

      🚨 BREAKING: Russian drone targeted a passenger train on the border with Poland. "Russian barbarians are at your gate, dear partners. Act now: throw the full weight of your sanctions at Putin’s aggressive regime," Ukrainian Foreign Minister Sybiha wrote in response.

      united24media.comBluesky11d ago527▲view on Bluesky ↗
    2 more of the top 3 · 6 posts in this stretch

    • Reports say Russian drones struck near Ukraine’s border with Poland. No official confirmation yet.

      @wartranslatedX11d ago413▲view on X ↗
    • ukrdef@mstdn.social

      KYIV POST: Russian Strikes Hit Gas Station, Kyiv-Warsaw Train, Near Polish Border https://www. kyivpost.com/post/84390 Russian forces struck near the Yahodyn-Dorohusk checkpoint on the Ukrainian-Polish border on Sunday morning, Sept. 13, damaging a gas station, igniting several trucks, and striking the locomotive of a Kyiv-Warsaw passenger train…

      ukrdef@mstdn.socialMastodon11d agoview on Mastodon ↗
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  6. 2

    Russian drones strike gas station and Kyiv-Warsaw train near Polish border

    Overnight drone strikes hit a gas station near the Yahodyn-Dorohusk crossing in Volyn Oblast and then struck the locomotive of a Kyiv-Warsaw passenger train roughly two kilometers from the Polish border; the crew had been warned in advance and evacuated, and no one was injured.

    “Russian barbarians are at your gate, dear partners. Act now: throw the full weight of your sanctions at Putin's aggressive regime…”
    — Andrii Sybiha, Ukrainian Foreign Minister
    1. 5 outlets Ukraine, Poland say Russia hit Warsaw-bound passenger train

      first by Mastodon, 11d ago · also BBC, Times of India, The Hindu, Deutsche Welle EN

      3 more headlines
    2. 4 outlets War in Ukraine: International outcry after Russian drone strikes train near border with Poland

      first by Le Monde EN, 10d ago · also Euronews, NY Post, Philadelphia Inquirer

      2 more headlines
    6 more claims →
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  8. 1

    Tusk says Poland stopped a serious border threat after CIA briefing

    Polish PM Donald Tusk said he had received a 'fairly precise' CIA briefing from Director John Ratcliffe about what was coming, and that Polish and Ukrainian intelligence had worked together to stop a threat at the border.

    1. 2 outlets first by politico.eu, 11d ago · also Politico Europe · read ↗

    2. 1 outlet Poland averted 'direct threat' to border crossing, says premier

      first by Anadolu Agency, 14d ago

    • 🇵🇱 Poland says it just stopped a serious threat at its border with Ukraine. Prime Minister Donald Tusk revealed he received a “fairly precise” CIA briefing from Director John Ratcliffe about what’s coming in the months ahead, and said Polish and Ukrainian intelligence worked

      @MarioNawfalX14d ago13▲view on X ↗
    2 more of the top 3 · 8 posts in this stretch

    • Poland Expects Russia to Target Its Border Crossings With Ukraine https://www. kyivpost.com/post/84234?utm_so urce=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Ukraine @ ukraine-thenewsdesk

      thenewsdesk@flipboard.comMastodon14d ago2▲view on Mastodon ↗
    • rogue_corq@mas.corq.co

      Poland prepares for possible Russian attacks on Ukraine border crossings, Tusk says https://www. uawire.org/poland-prepares-for -possible-russian-attacks-on-ukraine-border-crossings-tusk-says?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

      rogue_corq@mas.corq.coMastodon13d ago1▲view on Mastodon ↗
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Also covered reported alongside — the timeline has no entry for these yet

  1. 3 outlets Russia Hits Passenger Train on Ukraine's Border with Poland, Just Misses ‘Diplomatic Train’

    first by NewsMax.com, 10d ago · also Daily Maverick, CBC

  2. 3 outlets Boris Johnson in security scare after train hit by Russian drone in Ukraine

    first by Sky News Politics, 11d ago · also Sky News, Independent UK

    3 more headlines
  3. 2 outlets Drone strikes hit key Ukraine-Poland supply route, sparking border fires

    first by Euronews, 10d ago · also France 24 EN

    1 more headline

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