Russia says hit Ukraine rail site ‘used to transport military cargo’ from Europe

Russia said Sunday it struck “railway infrastructure” in western Ukraine used to “transport military cargo” from Europe, after Poland and Ukraine said Moscow hit a Warsaw-bound passenger train and an area near the Polish border.

“Strikes have continued on railway infrastructure in the western regions of Ukraine, which are used to transport military cargo from European countries,” Moscow’s defense ministry said in a statement.

Senior Western figures at Ukraine station before train strike

Ukraine’s state railway operator said top Western figures — including former prime minister Boris Johnson and ex-CIA director David Petraeus were at a west Ukrainian train station shortly before Russia struck a Warsaw-bound train there.

“Shortly before the locomotive was hit at the Ukrainian-Polish border, a diplomatic train was at Yagodyn station,” Ukraine’s rail operator Ukrzaliznytsia said in a statement.

“There were, among others, security advisers from several EU member states and former European leaders on board, including former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. In another train that was at Yagodyn station at the very moment of the attack was former CIA Director David Petraeus.”

The drone struck two kilometers from the Polish border, a spokeswoman for the Polish interior ministry said.

“The unmanned aircraft hit a fuel station in the town of Yahodyn, 2 km from the Polish border,” spokeswoman Karolina Galecka said, adding that “as a result of the strike two trucks… caught fire”.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned that intensifying Russian attacks in Ukraine in the coming weeks could affect Poland as he chaired an emergency meeting following Russian drone attacks near the border.

“The coming weeks and months will be a period of very intensive actions on the Russian side,” he said, adding Poland “cannot rule out that this escalation will also affect our territory.”