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Russian Drones Strike Near Polish Border as Train Carrying Boris Johnson, EU Officials Evacuated

The train was halted and partially evacuated after a drone alert, with officials saying everyone escaped unharmed and no further drones were detected.

  • On Sunday, Boris Johnson and Gunter Sautter, foreign policy adviser to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, were aboard a train from Kyiv to Poland forced to evacuate following a Russian drone strike near the border.
  • The incident occurred near the Ukrainian-Polish border crossing at Yahodyn, where Russian drone strikes targeted the region, reportedly setting trucks on fire and triggering the security alert for the train.
  • Conductors ordered passengers to leave the train after the drone alert; there were no immediate reports of casualties, and it is understood everyone escaped the incident unharmed.
  • Green Party Bundestag member Robin Wagener condemned the strikes as "blind terror against Ukrainian civilians," describing the drone attacks as a dangerous escalation and provocation against Ukraine's supporters.
  • Sautter had been in Kyiv meeting security advisers from Britain, France, and Italy to discuss potential peace negotiations with Russia before the train journey was interrupted by the all clear.
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The closest adviser to Chancellor Friedrich Merz, European officials and former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, was on one of the trains near the Ukrainian-Polish border during the attack by the Russian Federation, and writes Der Spiegel.

·Bonn, Germany
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Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, one of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's closest advisers and officials from other European countries were on a passenger train from Kyiv to Poland that was attacked by a Russian drone on Sunday, Der Spiegel reported on Sunday.

·Vilnius, Lithuania
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Boris Johnson witnessed a Russian attack drone attack on targets at a border crossing near the Polish border. This is reported by Der Spiegel. Several European politicians and officials, including former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, advisers to German Chancellor Merz and

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Russian drone meets the train Kiev–Warsaw near Poland. The locomotive is hit, no one is injured. Also a special train with Boris Johnson is partially evacuated.

·Berlin, Germany
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СЕГА broke the news on Sunday, September 13, 2026.
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