Kremlin says military operations across Ukraine will continue after diplomatic train attack
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The Kremlin issued a statement following a Russian strike on targets near the Polish border. (Photo: Sputnik/Alexander Kazakov/Pool via REUTERS)
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Russian forces would continue carrying out military operations across Ukraine when asked about a Russian drone strike on a locomotive near the Polish border.
“If I understand correctly, we are talking about the territory of Ukraine,” Peskov told Russian media on Sept. 14. “Our military is carrying out its tasks throughout the territory of Ukraine and will continue to do so.”
Peskov was responding to questions about reports from Ukraine’s railway operator concerning the drone strike near the Polish-Ukrainian border.
A Russian drone struck the locomotive of a passenger train in Volyn Oblast on Sept. 13, about 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from the Polish border, according to Ukrainian Railways.
No one was injured. A monitoring team had detected the threat in advance, allowing railway personnel and passengers to take safety measures.
The incident occurred near the Yahodyn-Dorohusk border crossing, one of the main rail links between Ukraine and Poland.
European politicians evacuated amid drone threat
European officials and politicians traveling from Ukraine were among those affected by the drone threat.
A diplomatic train carrying former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, European government security advisers, members of the German Bundestag, diplomats and academics had been stopped in advance because of the danger.
Ukrainian Railways said the diplomatic train had been at Yahodyn station shortly before the locomotive was struck.
Former CIA Director David Petraeus was aboard another train that was at the station at the time of the attack.
The railway operator said it could not rule out the possibility that the diplomatic train, which had departed earlier after receiving a drone warning, had been the intended target.
That possibility has not been independently confirmed.
European officials have condemned the attack as a dangerous escalation. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius described the strike as a calculated Russian escalation, while French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said it appeared intended to intimidate Europeans.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk called an emergency meeting following the incident and warned that Russia’s escalating actions could affect Poland in the coming weeks and months.
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