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Russian Drone Hits Kyiv-Warsaw Train Near Poland Border

By Drooid · Sep 13, 2026, 2:50 PM UTC · How we work

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Russian Drone Strikes

A Russian drone struck a passenger train and a nearby truck near the Dorohusk-Yahodyn border crossing on 13 September 2026.
Polish armed forces activated defence and reconnaissance systems, reported no airspace violations, and the Government Security Center triggered sirens in border provinces.
Oleksandr Shevchenko, deputy director for communications of Ukrainian Railways, confirmed the drone hit the train.
Karolina Galecka, spokeswoman for Poland’s interior ministry, said the truck attack caused no Polish casualties.

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Russian Drone Strikes

A Russian drone struck the locomotive of a Kyiv-Warsaw passenger train near the Ukraine-Poland border on 13 September 2026.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha denounced the attack as Russian terror and urged the EU to impose full sanctions on Moscow.
Passengers waited outside for hours without shelter as falling drone debris ignited a nearby gas station.
Border officials halted processing, placed staff under air-raid alert, and restored normal traffic later that day.

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Historical Context

Since the 2022 invasion, cross-border drone sabotage of transport has risen, culminating in a September 13 2026 attack on the Kyiv-Warsaw rail line. The strike, cited by Ukrainian FM Andrii Sybiha and Polish spokeswoman Karolina Galecka, has spurred NATO to harden air-defence on the Poland-Ukraine frontier, where Ukrainian drones previously damaged 19 of 71 petrol stations in Belgorod.

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Russian Drone Strikes

A Russian drone struck a passenger train and a nearby truck near the Dorohusk-Yahodyn border crossing on 13 September 2026.
Polish armed forces activated defence and reconnaissance systems, reported no airspace violations, and the Government Security Center triggered sirens in border provinces.
Oleksandr Shevchenko, deputy director for communications of Ukrainian Railways, confirmed the drone hit the train.
Karolina Galecka, spokeswoman for Poland’s interior ministry, said the truck attack caused no Polish casualties.

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