Ex-CIA boss was at Ukrainian station when Russian drone struck train
Ukraine’s rail operator said the drone may have targeted a diplomatic train carrying Boris Johnson and other officials, with no casualties reported.
- On Sunday, a Russian drone struck a train near the Ukraine-Poland border shortly after a diplomatic train carrying former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other foreign dignitaries departed Yahodyn station.
- Ukrainian Railways said the diplomatic train departed early to avoid the "constant threat of Russian strikes," noting it is "quite likely" the drone deliberately targeted the officials.
- Former CIA Director David Petraeus was on a separate train at the station during the attack, while Russia also struck a nearby gas station, briefly closing the Yahodyn-Dorohusk border crossing.
- Condemning the "random and senseless attack," Johnson asked "what warped logic drove Putin to blow up a stationary Ukrainian locomotive," while British Defense Minister Wes Streeting called strikes near the border a "stark reminder" of the threat to European security.
- Russia has increased attacks near Yahodyn in recent weeks, a critical pathway for Western military aid, as Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha warned the strikes are "knocking" directly on NATO doors.
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A Russian drone struck a train locomotive in the Yahodyn region, about 2 kilometers from the Ukrainian-Polish border. A diplomatic train carrying former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and senior European security officials reportedly passed through the same track about half an hour earlier.
By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN It really doesn't matter if they did it on purpose. The Russian drone attack on a train near the Ukrainian border with Poland, while a group of former Western officials were traveling outside the country, represents a clear escalation by Moscow. The Ukrainian railway network indicated that it believes that
The diplomatic train transporting security advisers from different EU Member States and former European leaders, including former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, was likely the target of the Russian attack that hit a locomotive on the Ukrainian-Polish border. This says Ukrainian railway company Ukrzalisnation in a press release published on Telegram quoted by ...
A Russian Attack Drone Struck a Locomotive at Yahodyn on 14 September, 1.2 Miles From the Polish Border, Minutes After a Train Carrying Boris Johnson, Carl Bildt and EU Security Advisers Had Passed Through. Passengers on the Train That Was Hit Got About 15 Minutes of Warning.
Ukraine's railway operator Ukrzaliznytsia told 19FortyFive the diplomatic train was the likely intended target. Russia's defence ministry says it struck railway infrastructure.
Russian drone almost hit former CIA director, may have targeted Boris Johnson
Former CIA Director David Petraeus on Sunday was at a Ukrainian train station while a Russian drone hit a passenger train not long after a diplomatic train transported former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other foreign officials. The Ukrainian state railway, Ukrzaliznytsia, stated that the diplomatic train was at the border between Ukraine and…
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