A Russian drone struck an evacuated Kyiv-Warsaw train just in front of a special carriage carrying former British PM Boris Johnson and European advisers.
A train carrying former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and advisers to European leaders was forced to stop near the Polish-Ukrainian border after Russia launched a drone attack at the railway crossing.
Trucks caught fire and a gas station complex was damaged after a Russian drone struck the Yahodyn–Dorohusk border crossing, according to reports. Johnson, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s adviser Günter Sautter, Sweden’s former prime minister Carl Bildt, European security advisers, diplomats and German MPs were travelling through the area on a special train.
The train was forced to stop after a drone warning. Conductors woke the passengers and prepared them for evacuation. However, the alert was lifted shortly afterwards and all passengers were reported safe.
🚨BREAKING: RUSSIAN DRONE HITS THE KYIV–WARSAW TRAIN TWO KILOMETRES FROM POLAND. SAME MORNING A PETROL STATION AND TRUCKS BURN 800 METRES FROM THE DOROHUSK CROSSING. NOBODY ON THE TRAIN WAS HURT. NO POLES WERE ON BOARD. 🇵🇱🔥🇺🇦
13 September 2026. Yahodyn–Dorohusk: the main road and rail gate between Ukraine’s Volyn region and Poland’s Lublin region.
Ukrainian Railways: a drone struck the locomotive of train 67, Kyiv–Warsaw, about 2 km inside Ukraine. The crew was warned. Passengers left the cars. PKP Intercity: 206 people on the train, no Polish citizens. The hit came before the Polish operator took over.
Polish border guards: another drone wrecked a truck about 800 metres from the Polish line. A petrol station caught fire. The bang was heard in Dorohusk. The crossing closed, then reopened. Poland says its airspace was not broken.
Ukraine’s foreign minister: this is “knocking on the doors of the EU and NATO.” Russia says it is hitting logistics that move cargo from Europe.
A passenger train to Warsaw. A crossing 800 metres from Poland. How close is close enough?— Slavic Networks (@SlavicNetworks) September 13, 2026
Johnson Calls For More Ukraine Support
Boris Johnson called the attack “random and senseless”, while calling for the British government to provide more arms to Ukraine to help them defend against Russia.
“I don’t know what warped logic drove Putin to blow up a stationary Ukrainian locomotive on the Polish border this morning. 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 said on X.
I don’t know what warped logic drove Putin to blow up a stationary Ukrainian locomotive on the Polish border this morning. 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. So far Putin has been responsible for the deaths of 1700 staff of Ukrzaliznytsia – Ukrainian Railways. They and their daily passengers are absolutely heroic.
When are we going to give them the air defences they need? Why won’t we unfreeze Putin’s cash and give it to Ukraine? There is more than €140 billion in a Belgian bank account – and about £10 billion in London. Britain could show a lead.
The Ukrainians are going to win – that much was clear from the last three days in their wonderful country. But we will get this dreadful war over much faster if we all get serious and give them what they need and deserve.
— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) September 13, 2026
“When are we going to give them the air defences they need? Why won’t we unfreeze Putin’s cash and give it to Ukraine? There is more than €140 billion in a Belgian bank account – and about £10 billion in London. Britain could show a lead.”
Johnson lauded the staff of Ukrainian Railways as “heroic” and expressed confidence that Kyiv would emerge victorious in the war against Russia. “But we will get this dreadful war over much faster if we all get serious and give them what they need and deserve,” he added.