{
  "id": 7128218,
  "title": "Russia struck train near Poland border shortly after Boris Johnson and top European officials passed through",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/russia-struck-train-near-poland-border-shortly-after-boris-johnson",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-13T16:05:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BBC World",
    "slug": "bbc-world",
    "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy5zg41dkqwo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A Russian strike struck a train near the Ukraine-Poland border after former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other high-ranking European officials had traveled through the same route. The attack did not result in any casualties, as the train's engine was the target. Johnson and several of Europe's top security advisers, including the UK's Jonathan Powell, had been on the same line during their return journey from a conference in Kyiv, Ukraine's capital. Russia claimed responsibility for striking railway infrastructure in western Ukraine, but Boris Johnson expressed disbelief over the \"warped logic\" that led to the explosion of a stationary Ukrainian locomotive on the Polish border. Poland's Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, reported that a Russian drone had hit a point 800 meters from the Polish border. Russia has been responsible for several deadly attacks in recent months, targeting Ukraine's trains, railway depots, and other transport facilities. In early February, six employees of the state railway company Ukrzaliznytsia were killed when a depot in Kyiv was hit. This week, a female conductor lost her life in a Russian drone attack on a passenger train in southern Ukraine. In January, President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the Russian strike on a passenger train in the northeastern Kharkiv region, which left five people dead. The Russian attacks have severely damaged Ukraine's extensive train network, the primary mode of transportation for millions of Ukrainians, as air travel has been suspended since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in 2022.",
  "summary": "The former UK PM said \"I don't know what warped logic drove Putin to blow up a stationary Ukrainian locomotive on the Polish border this morning\".",
  "key_points": [
    "Russian strike on train near Ukraine-Poland border",
    "Boris Johnson and EU officials passed through route",
    "No casualties, engine targeted in attack"
  ],
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      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "Russia struck train near Poland border shortly after Boris Johnson and top European officials passed through",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/russia-struck-train-near-poland-border-shortly-after-boris-johnson-7130866",
        "published": "2026-09-13T16:33:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Senior Western figures at Ukraine station before Russia train strike, rail operator says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/senior-western-figures-at-ukraine-station-before-russia-train-strike",
        "published": "2026-09-13T17:35:57.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "New Voice of Ukraine",
        "title": "Ex-CIA chief Petraeus was on train during Poland border strike",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/ex-cia-chief-petraeus-was-on-train-during-poland-border-strike",
        "published": "2026-09-13T17:40:00.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Meduza (English)",
        "title": "‘Escalation is becoming a fact’: Tusk says Russia may target Ukrainian border crossings after drones hit a Kyiv–Warsaw train and nearby gas station",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/escalation-is-becoming-a-fact-tusk-says-russia-may-target-ukrainian",
        "published": "2026-09-13T17:48:08.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "Minutes after Boris Johnson, European leaders pass through, Russia strikes Ukrainian train near Poland border",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/minutes-after-boris-johnson-european-leaders-pass-through-russia",
        "published": "2026-09-13T17:52:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Ukraine, Poland condemn Russia after drone strikes train near border",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/ukraine-poland-condemn-russia-after-drone-strikes-train-near-border",
        "published": "2026-09-13T17:59:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Maverick",
        "title": "Russia hits passenger train on Ukraine’s border with Poland, just misses ‘diplomatic train’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/russia-hits-passenger-train-on-ukraines-border-with-poland-just",
        "published": "2026-09-13T19:48:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euromaidan Press",
        "title": "Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1663: Russia strikes a passenger train near the Polish border as drone swarms push deeper into western Ukraine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/russo-ukrainian-war-day-1663-russia-strikes-a-passenger-train-near",
        "published": "2026-09-13T21:00:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Qatar Tribune Business",
        "title": "Russian strikes threaten Ukraine’s economy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/russian-strikes-threaten-ukraines-economy",
        "published": "2026-09-13T21:27:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}