Conflict● ElevatedSep 13 · Sep 13, 2026, 5:35 PM

Senior Western figures at Ukraine station before Russia train strike, rail operator says

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from South China Morning Post · Eastern Europe

Ukraine’s state railway operator said top Western figures – including former UK prime minister Boris Johnson and ex-CIA director David Petraeus – were at a west Ukrainian railway station just 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...

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