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Ukraine strikes hit train near Poland

The gist

Russian drones struck a Kyiv-Warsaw train and gas station near Poland's border Sunday morning.
The strikes landed within kilometers of NATO territory, deepening hybrid-war fears.

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 13, 2026Russian drones struck near the Yahodyn-Dorohusk checkpoint on the Ukrainian-Polish border, damaging a gas station, igniting trucks, and hitting the locomotive of a Kyiv-Warsaw passenger train two kilometers from the border.
  2. Sep 13, 2026A truck about 800 meters from the border crossing was also hit, briefly halting operations at the Dorohusk-Yahodyn crossing point.
  3. Sep 13, 2026Polish authorities issued alerts in eastern regions and scrambled fighter jets as a precaution; the operation ended before 10 am.

Sources

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