# Poland and Ukraine accuse Russia of ‘escalation’ after border train strike

https://mins.news/en/item/56918

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-13 21:10 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/13/poland-ukraine-accuse-russia-of-escalation-after-strikes-near-border?traffic_source=rss

> Poland and Ukraine accused Russia of escalation after a Kyiv-Warsaw passenger train was hit just two kilometres from the Polish border, with no casualties reported. Boris Johnson and David Petraeus were nearby at the time. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Moscow deliberately targeted the locomotive.

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