Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin ‘knocking on Nato’s door’ with drone strike on passenger train near Polish border

Ukraine’s foreign minister warned on Sunday that Vladimir Putin was “knocking on Nato’s door” after a Russian drone struck a passenger train just two kilometres from the Polish border.

A drone hit the engine carriage of a train near the Yahodyn crossing point earlier on Sunday. The vehicle had already been evacuated after Ukraine learned of the incoming strike, and nobody was injured.

“Russia’s barbaric strikes at the Ukraine-Poland border in Yahodyn are not just a continuation of its attacks on our state borders,” foreign minister Andrii Sybiha wrote on social media.

“This is Putin’s terror “knocking” directly on the doors of the EU and NATO. Russian barbarians are at your gate, dear partners.”

The strike occurred as Russia launched its biggest drone barrage on Ukraine in months . Ukraine’s air force tallied 450 drones launched overnight, including jet-propelled drones and Banderol missile drones.

Asked about the war during his visit to Ireland, however, US president Donald Trump only urged Ukraine to stop hitting Russian diesel refineries, which is contributing to higher prices for American farmers.

A Russian drone on Sunday struck a train near a Polish border crossing with Ukraine that had earlier been used by visiting politicians.

The drone hit the engine carriage of the train, which had already been evacuated from the rest of the train after Ukraine learned of the incoming strike. Nobody was injured.

The aerial drone came down just two kilometres from the Polish border, near the Yahodyn crossing point.

The line had earlier been used by politicians coming back from a summit in Kyiv, including former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt.

The strike occurred as Russia launched its biggest drone barrage on Ukraine in months. Ukraine’s air force tallied 450 drones launched overnight, including jet-propelled drones and Banderol missile drones.

After The Independent was first to confirm that Boris Johnson was not in the train hit by a Russian drone near the Polish border, it has emerged that the wreckage now being seen on social media was an ordinary passenger train.

According to sources none of the “VIP” trains with European officials and Mr Johnson returning from Kyiv were evacuated or involved in the attack.

An ordinary passenger train was evacuated but is believed to be as a result of a gas station very close by being hit rather than the train itself.