Ukraine-Krieg: Polen alarmiert nach Angriff auf Zug von Kiew nach Warschau
Eine russische Drohne trifft einen Passagierzug in der Ukraine nahe der polnischen Grenze. Verletzt wird niemand – doch Polen ist besorgt. Russlands Eskalation sei Realität, warnt Regierungschef Tusk.
Poland has warned Moscow of a potential escalation in the Ukraine conflict after Russian attacks on a train traveling from Kyiv to Warsaw and on the Ukraine-Poland border region. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated that Russia has now escalated the conflict, with examples becoming closer to their border. Western politicians have also had to rely on the Poland-Ukraine train link due to a blocked airspace over the country.
On Sunday, the locomotive of the Kiew-Warsaw passenger train was attacked at the border station of Jahodyn. Passengers were evacuated in time, and no one was harmed. Polish railway PKP reported that the train arrived in Warsaw with a six-hour delay. Two Polish border crossings were temporarily evacuated due to the danger of airstrikes.
One drone attack was reported around two kilometers from the Dorohusk border crossing, evacuating around 280 people and sheltering border guards and customs officials in a protected area. Another drone approached the Hrebenne border crossing, with more than 300 people also being evacuated. The situation along the border returned to normal later that afternoon.
Tusk warns of further border disruptions, citing past Russian attempts to disrupt Moldavian border crossings. He expects Russia to continue its aggressive actions in the coming weeks and months, potentially targeting Polish territory as well. Russia is also ready to use drone strikes against Poland. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote that Russian attacks near the Polish-Ukrainian border in the Volyn region set a locomotive ablaze and damaged a fuel station.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Yermak called for harsher consequences for Moscow. Russia's defense ministry confirmed attacks on railway infrastructure in western Ukraine, which facilitate the transport of military supplies from European countries. Ukraine has been defending itself with Western help for over four and a half years against a Russian invasion.
Russia has continued to launch attacks, resulting in casualties and damage to trains and train stations.
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