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Russian drone hits train 2 km from Poland
BBC News··14 Sept
A Russian drone struck a train near Yahodyn on the Ukraine-Poland border shortly after Boris Johnson and European security officials passed on another train. No casualties were reported. The strike hit the engine after passengers were evacuated. Ukrzaliznytsia said an evacuation order came 15 minutes earlier. Ukrainian and Polish authorities said the drone struck 2 km from the Polish border.
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What It Means For You
- Passengers on the hit train were evacuated before the drone struck the engine.
- Authorities place the strike 2km from the Polish border at Yahodyn.
- Travellers returning from a Kyiv security conference were using the same rail corridor.
What's Happening
- Johnson and UK national security adviser Jonathan Powell crossed into Poland about 30 minutes earlier.
- Russia's defence ministry said it struck railway infrastructure in western Ukraine.
- Ukrzaliznytsia said the drone's target could have been the diplomatic train.
Who Was On The Line
- Officials were returning from a security conference in Kyiv.
- Former CIA chief David Petraeus was on another train at Yahodyn when the strike happened.
- Former Swedish prime minister Carl Bildt said his train was told to prepare for evacuation, then allowed to continue.
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