Russian forces struck a Warsaw-bound train near the Polish–Ukrainian border on September 14, 2026, shortly after a train carrying EU officials had passed through the same location. Poland and Ukraine condemned the strike as a deliberate escalatory signal intended to intimidate the West.
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Poland, Ukraine slam Russian strikes near border as 'escalation'
Poland and Ukraine denounced Russian strikes close to the Polish border that hit a Warsaw-bound train near a frontier checkpoint just after another train carrying several EU officials and former British prime minister Boris Johnson passed through.
The strike hit a Warsaw-bound train near to the border a short time after another train carrying various foreign dignitaries passed through the same track.
The EU's top diplomat said Monday that Russian strikes which hit a Warsaw-bound train near Ukraine's border with Poland shortly after top Western figures passed through were meant to "scare" off Kyiv's backers. France 24's correspondent in Kyiv, Gulliver Cragg, has the latest.
The EU's top diplomat said Monday that Russian strikes which hit a Warsaw-bound train near Ukraine's border with Poland shortly after top Western figures passed through were meant to "scare" off Kyiv's backers. "It is clearly meant to scare Western countries from supporting Ukraine, from going to Ukraine to show support," foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said, urging Kyiv's backers to do "the oppo