Poland, Ukraine slam Russian strikes near border as 'escalation'
Poland's Minister of Foreign Affairs Radoslaw Sikorski (L) gestures as he addresses the media next to Ukraine's Minister of Foreign Affairs Andriy Sybiga (R) as they take part in a joint briefing in Kiev on September 13, 2026, amid Russian invasion in Ukraine. (AFP Photo)
Poland and Ukraine denounced on Sept. 13 Russian strikes close to the Polish border that hit a Warsaw-bound train near a frontier checkpoint just after another train carrying several EU officials and British ex-PM Boris Johnson passed through.
Ukraine's rail operator said Johnson and former U.S. CIA director David Petraeus, who were in Kiev for the annual Yalta European Strategy forum, had been travelling on two separate trains around the time the Warsaw-bound locomotive was hit.
Petraeus told the New York Times in a telephone interview on Sept. 13 that he could hear Russian drones above followed by an explosion — prompting passengers to be quickly evacuated.
