Boris Johnson has hit back at Vladimir Putin after a Russian drone targeted the railway line he was travelling on. The former prime minister was alerted at 5am on Sunday as he returned from a security conference in Kyiv and told to prepare for an evacuation after another passenger train behind his was attacked in Volyn, near the Polish border. In a post on X, Mr Johnson wrote: “I don’t know what warped logic drove Putin to blow up a stationary Ukrainian locomotive on the Polish border this morning.
So far Putin has been responsible for the deaths of 1700 staff of Ukrzaliznytsia – Ukrainian Railways. They and their daily passengers are absolutely heroic. Why won’t we unfreeze Putin’s cash and give it to Ukraine?
There is more than €140 billion in a Belgian bank account – and about £10 billion in London. Britain could show a lead. But we will get this dreadful war over much faster if we all get serious and give them what they need and deserve.” It is understood that Mr Johnson was not evacuated or delayed by the incident but an ordinary passenger train was vacated.
Ukrainian Railways, Ukrzaliznytsia, said no one was injured in the attack on the locomotive. The attack on the passenger train was one of a number of strikes along the border, with a Polish border guard spokeswoman claiming a Russian drone struck near the Ukrainian-Polish border in the small town of Yahodyn overnight, less than a mile from the Polish border. Ukraine operates several border crossings with Poland, through which a significant proportion of the military and humanitarian aid from its allies is delivered to the country.
Ukrainian foreign minister Andrii Sybiha condemned Moscow’s “barbaric strikes” on the Ukrainian Polish border on Sunday. "Russia's barbaric strikes at the Ukraine-Poland border in Yahodyn are not just a continuation of its attacks on our state borders," Sybiha said on X. "This is Putin's terror "knocking" directly on the doors of the EU and NATO.
Russian barbarians are at your gate, dear partners," he added. More follows on this breaking news story. Subscribe here to get the latest updates from The Independent Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
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