Russian Drone Targets Railway Station Near Ukraine-Poland Border

A Russian drone targeted a railway station near the Ukraine-Poland border. The incident took place on Sunday, shortly after several senior foreign officials, including the former prime ministers of the United Kingdom and Sweden, had travelled through the station by train.

According to Ukraine’s state railway operator, a diplomatic train carrying former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt, and security advisers from several European Union countries was deliberately moved out of Yahodyn station ahead of its scheduled departure time. The officials were returning from a security meeting held in Kyiv.

According to a post shared by the railway operator on Telegram, there is a strong possibility that the Russian drone was actually targeting the diplomatic train, which had departed from the station earlier than scheduled on Sunday. Former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt also shared a video on X showing the attack on Yahodyn station, located near the Yahodyn-Dorohusk border crossing.

The railway operator said that another train carrying former CIA Director David Petraeus was at Yahodyn station at the time of the drone attack. So far, no casualties have been reported in the attack.

The railway operator said the train’s schedule had been slightly changed due to the threat of Russian attacks, and it was moved out of the station earlier than planned. Railway officials believe that the Russian drone’s actual target was the diplomatic train carrying the VIP leaders.

Former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt said on social media that a second passenger train following behind was evacuated just before the drone attack, preventing potentially greater damage. Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson described the attack as a senseless act.

Meanwhile, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski also reacted to the incident, describing Russia’s increasing attacks so close to NATO territory as an escalation of tensions.

Earlier on Sunday, a truck was also attacked just one kilometre from the border, forcing the Dorohusk-Yahodyn border crossing to be temporarily closed.

On the other hand, Russia’s Ministry of Defence said that its forces had targeted logistics infrastructure used to transport military supplies from Europe into western Ukraine.