Ukraine’s foreign minister, Andriy Sybiha, reported that a passenger train en route from Kyiv to Warsaw was struck by a Russian Geran-5 jet-powered drone near the Ukrainian-Polish border on September 13. The incident occurred about 2 kilometers from the Polish border in Volyn, northwestern Ukraine, with no casualties due to prior warnings. Both Poland and Estonia condemned the attack as an escalation of Russia’s aggression toward NATO territory; meanwhile, Ukraine’s state railway operator confirmed the strike but stated that the train continued its journey after a six-hour delay at the border.
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On September 13, a Russian drone hit the locomotive of a passenger train carrying 208 people traveling from Kyiv to Warsaw just kilometers from the Ukrainian-Polish border. The incident occurred as Russia’s air strikes are moving closer to NATO territory, prompting concerns over escalating tensions. Ukraine’s state railway operator confirmed that despite the strike, no one was injured due to early warnings from a monitoring group, and the train continued its journey after a delay of about six hours at the border.
In parallel developments, Russian authorities reported casualties in their own country: two people were killed and twelve injured when Ukrainian drones struck Nizhnekamsk in Tatarstan. This city houses significant oil refineries and petrochemical plants, indicating strategic targeting by Ukraine on critical Russian infrastructure. The incident was part of ongoing mutual drone strikes between the countries, with Kyiv aiming to disrupt Russia’s energy sector as a key source for war funding.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha criticized Moscow's actions, emphasizing that these attacks are threatening NATO and EU security directly. Meanwhile, Polish officials confirmed no border violation but described it as an escalation by Putin. The Yahodyn border crossing area in Ukraine also faced Russian drone strikes the same day, further highlighting the proximity of combat to allied territories.
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Ukraine says passenger train headed to Warsaw hit by Russian drone
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The locomotive of a passenger train travelling from Kyiv to Warsaw was hit by a Russian drone just kilometres from the Polish border on the morning of Sept 13, Ukraine’s foreign minister said, as Moscow’s air strikes push closer to NATO territory.
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“This is Putin’s terror ‘knocking’ directly on the doors of the EU and NATO,” Andrii Sybiha said in a post on X, calling for Europe to increase sanctions against Russia.
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Ukraine’s state railway operator confirmed a strike on a train in Volyn, about 2km from the Ukraine-Poland border in north-western Ukraine.
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The Russian authorities have not yet commented.
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Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said there was no violation of the border but called the incident an “escalation” by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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The drones involved in the incident were Geran-5 jet-powered drones, the Polish authorities said.
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Kremlin forces “struck a passenger train locomotive,” the railway company Ukrzaliznytsia said on Telegram.
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“The monitoring group warned the train crew about the threat in advance, thanks to which no one was injured.”
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The train, which had 208 people aboard, will continue on to Poland after a delay at the border of about six hours, the Polish railways said.
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Ukrzaliznytsia said the Sept 13 strike was the second this weekend.
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Sybiha late on Sept 12 posted images of railway facilities struck in Lutsk in north-western Ukraine and Fastiv, south-west of Kyiv.
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“Unable to achieve its goals on the battlefield, Russia attempts to make the entire territory of Ukraine a battlefield and turns to systematic attacks against civilians, trains, and the infrastructure that keeps the country moving,” he said.
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Images on social media also showed a large fire at a petrol filling station close to the border crossing between Yahodyn in Ukraine and Dorohusk in Poland.
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Margus Tsahkna, Estonia’s foreign affairs minister, said on X that members of his team had been “stuck at this very border crossing, unable to leave Ukraine because of the Russian drone threat”.
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Separately on Sept 13, Vilnius airport was shut down for a time as NATO scrambled fighter jets in response to a possible drone sighting in Lithuanian airspace, Reuters reported.
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