Poland to change Ukraine border traffic over threat of Russian attacks
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Yahodyn train attack, Sept. 13 (Photo: Suspilne)
Poland plans to change how traffic at border crossings with
Ukraine is organized after Russia attacked
a train next to the border on Sept. 13, Polish PM Donald Tusk said on Sept.
14.
According to Tusk, the changes will aim to avoid large vehicle backups that could become targets for Russian attacks.
Tusk said Polish authorities would discuss a new system for managing cross-border traffic to prevent dangerous traffic jams and vehicle buildups. Customs officials, police, border guards, and the military are expected to participate.
The PM said large groups of fuel trucks near border crossings pose a particular danger because they could become vulnerable targets in a Russian attack.
On Sept. 13, Russian forces launched a drone strike targeting a Kyiv–Warsaw passenger train near the Yahodyn border checkpoint, roughly two kilometers from the Polish frontier in Volyn Oblast. Timely evacuations prevented civilian casualties.
According to Der Spiegel, the drone raid triggered an emergency evacuation of high-level European delegates departing Ukraine. The passengers included Johnson, European government security advisers, German Bundestag members, diplomats, and academics. Rail operators brought the train to a precautionary halt before the impact.
Ukrainian Railways confirmed that the diplomatic train
departed Yahodyn station shortly before the locomotive was hit. Meanwhile,
former CIA Director David Petraeus was aboard a second train stopped at the
station at the exact moment of the attack. Railway officials noted they could
not rule out that the jet-powered strike drone was deliberately hunting the
train carrying international diplomats, which had departed ahead of schedule
due to incoming UAV warnings.
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