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Russian Drone Strike Hits Kyiv-Warsaw Train Near Polish Border

By Geopolitics Desk · 2026-09-13 · Updated 2026-09-13 10:37 UTC
A long passenger train traveling through a rural landscape near a border fence
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Russian drone strikes near the Polish border have hit both a truck and a passenger train in Ukraine's Volyn region, prompting Polish authorities to scramble F-16s and other assets to intercept a larger wave of Geran-5 drones. The attacks, which occurred within a few kilometers of the frontier, have intensified security concerns for EU and NATO states amid ongoing widespread strikes on western Ukraine.

  • Polish officials confirm that fighter jets and airborne early warning aircraft intercepted a swarm of approximately twelve Russian Geran-5 drones detected near the Lublin and Podkarpacie regions, with one impact site located less than a kilometer from the Dorohusk-Yahodyn crossing, according to reports from GN geopolitics/nato. While the Border Guard assures that cross-border traffic remains normal and no injuries were recorded on the Polish side, the incident follows a July breach of Polish airspace by a cruise missile, heightening NATO's vigilance.

    Source: i24news.tv
  • A Russian drone struck a passenger train just kilometers from the Polish border, heightening security concerns for neighboring EU and NATO states during a wave of widespread attacks across western Ukraine.

    Source: Kyiv Independent
Based on reporting by Kyiv Independent and i24news.tv, compiled by the Tradingbird desk.

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