Russian Drone Strikes Ukrainian Train Near Polish Border After Diplomatic Train Departs

KYIV, Ukraine — A Russian drone struck a train near the Ukraine-Poland border on Sunday, shortly after a diplomatic train carrying senior European visitors — including former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt — had departed the area, Ukraine’s state railway operator said.

Ukrzaliznytsia said the diplomatic train, carrying Johnson, Bildt and security advisers from several European Union countries, had left Yahodyn station earlier than scheduled. The delegation was returning from a security conference in Kyiv.

“It is highly probable that the Russian drone’s intended target was in fact the diplomatic train, which had departed the station earlier than scheduled,” the company said in a Telegram post.

Bildt shared a video on X showing the attack at Yahodyn station, near the Yahodyn-Dorohusk border crossing with Poland.

“This wasn’t our train, but the one just minutes after us by the Polish border crossing,” Bildt said. “It was evacuated as the Russian drone approached and no one was hurt. Very good safety system. Our train just had an evacuation warning.”

Johnson, Bildt and other passengers had been in Kyiv for the Yalta European Strategy conference, an annual gathering of political, business, security and media leaders and experts.

Another train carrying former CIA Director David Petraeus was still at Yahodyn station when the drone hit, according to Ukrzaliznytsia.

There were no immediate reports of casualties on any of the trains.

Ukrzaliznytsia said it “constantly adjusts train schedules” to reduce the risk of strikes.

“I don’t know what warped logic drove Putin to blow up a stationary Ukrainian locomotive on the Polish border this morning,” Johnson wrote in a post on X.

“What we can say for sure is that this is the kind of random and senseless attack Ukrainians are enduring every day — even on civilian railways,” he added.

Earlier Sunday, a Russian drone struck a truck less than a mile from Polish territory, according to border guards, prompting the temporary closure of the Yahodyn-Dorohusk crossing.

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