The war in Ukraine has moved ever closer to the borders of the European Union. Kiev issued the warning after Russia struck the Jahodin area, just two kilometers from the border with Poland, with a drone, damaging the locomotive of a passenger train traveling from Kiev to Warsaw and a gas station near the border crossing.
According to the Ukrainian railway company Ukrzaliznytsia, the train crew was warned in advance of the danger and, thanks to this, there were no injuries among the passengers.
The attack also caused a large fire at a gas station near the border. Footage published by Ukrainian media shows flames engulfing the gas station and several trucks parked near the crossing.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha used the attack to send a message to Western countries.
“This is Putin’s terror knocking directly on the doors of the European Union and NATO. The Russian barbarians are already at your doors,” he wrote on the social network X.
As Russia struck near the border with Poland, Ukraine launched another drone strike on Russian territory. The target was the industrial zone of the city of Nizhnekamsk, in the republic of Tatarstan, home to some of Russia’s largest oil refineries, more than 1,200 kilometers from the Ukrainian border.
Residents reported explosions and the activation of air defenses, while Russian authorities announced that the attack left two dead and 12 injured. According to Moscow, a drone struck near a vehicle carrying four young people, killing two of them. A residential building was also damaged, while a fire broke out at an industrial plant.
On the other hand, the Russian Ministry of Defense said that Russian forces struck a logistics center of the Ukrainian company Nova Poshta in the Odessa region, which, according to Moscow, was used for the storage and distribution of military equipment.
In parallel with the developments on the battlefield, diplomatic efforts continue. US President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Jared Kushner, stated that Washington has prepared the main part of an agreement to end the war, but according to him, the main obstacle remains Kiev’s refusal to accept Vladimir Putin’s territorial demands.
“If Ukraine were to agree to give up the territories that Putin is demanding, we would already have an agreement,” Kushner said, adding that the mediators’ goal is to find a formula for freezing the conflict.