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Russia hits Ukrainian train shortly after Boris Johnson and top European officials leave station

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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".

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  • Reported by BBC News and published Sun, 13 Sep 2026 17:13:52 UTC.

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  5. Ukrainian drone evades Russian helicopter fire to strike oil tanker

  6. Russian drone hits Kyiv-Warsaw passenger train near Polish border

  7. Russia hits Ukrainian train shortly after Boris Johnson and top European officials leave station

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