Senior Western figures at Ukraine station before Russia train strike, rail operator says
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…
A top Ukrainian railway operator revealed that former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and ex-CIA director David Petraeus were aboard a diplomatic train at Yagodyn station in west Ukraine, moments before Russia struck a Warsaw-bound train there. Ukrzaliznytsia, the railway operator, reported that several EU security advisers were also on board the train.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk activated a crisis team, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned Moscow's attacks near the Polish-Ukrainian border as direct terror on the EU and NATO. The Russian attacks on rail infrastructure in western Ukraine, aimed at transporting military goods from European countries, have repeatedly caused fatalities and damage to rail traffic and stations.
Ukraine has been defending itself against Russian invasion for over four-and-a-half years with Western assistance.
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