'Senseless Attack': Ex UK PM Johnson Narrowly Misses Russian Attack on Ukraine-Poland Railway
- On Sunday, a Russian drone struck a passenger train near the Polish border, shortly after Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other European diplomats had departed the station.
- Johnson and European politicians, including former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt, were returning from the Yalta European Strategy conference in Kyiv when they were awoken at 5 a.m. to evacuate.
- Ukrzaliznytsia, the Ukrainian railway operator, reported the attack occurred just 2 kilometers from the Polish border, prompting mobilization of The Polish Air Force.
- Condemning the strike as "random and senseless" on Instagram, Johnson blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin; Russia's Defense Ministry claimed it targeted military infrastructure in Western Ukraine.
- Russia has intensified long-distance strikes against border crossings in recent weeks to erode economic infrastructure, prompting Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski to describe the attacks as "an escalation" near NATO territory.
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'Senseless attack': Ex UK PM Johnson narrowly misses Russian attack on Ukraine-Poland railway
"I don’t know what warped logic drove Putin to blow up a stationary Ukrainian locomotive on the Polish border this morning," Johnson wrote, adding that civilians endure similar strikes every day.
Russia's Attack on Ukrainian Railway Was Shortly After the Passage of a Train Carrying Boris Johnson
نُشر هذا المقال أولاً عبر Cedarnews.net. More reviews موقعنا. A train carrying Western politicians and diplomats had passed the same stretch of track shortly before the Russian attack on a train in Ukraine. تم نشر هذا الخبر عبر موقع Cedarnews الإخباري. للاطلاع على مزيد من الأخبار العاجلة زوروا موقعنا الرسمي.
The former British prime minister and several senior officials were returning from a conference in Kiev when the Russian drone hit a locomotive on the line.
Former authorities such as Boris Johnson, Carld Bildt, David Petraeus and other European security authorities were on another train that had previously travelled around the area.
Information about Johnson in the attacked train is fake by the Ukrainian media, FT and Der Spiegel confirm
Information about Johnson in the attacked train is fake by the Ukrainian media, FT and Der Spiegel confirmFormer British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Merz's adviser Gunther Zautter and other European officials did travel along this railway route, but...
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