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Russian drone hits Kyiv-Warsaw passenger train near Polish border

Written and edited by the WorldPing NewsdeskPublished Updated Original reporting: The Guardian
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No casualties reported as Ukraine’s foreign minister says ‘Putin’s terror knocking directly on doors of EU and Nato’ A passenger train travelling from Kyiv to Warsaw was hit by a Russian drone two kilometres from the Polish border in an attack that U…

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  • Reported by The Guardian and published Sun, 13 Sep 2026 14:40:42 UTC.

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