Close Call for Ex-C.I.A. Head as Russia Strikes Ukraine Near Polish Border, tell me about this news in (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/world/europe/ukraine-petraeus-russian-strike.html)

14-09-2026

On September 13, 2026, a Russian drone strike hit a civilian passenger train locomotive at the Yahodyn railway station in western Ukraine’s Volyn region, roughly two kilometers from the border with Poland.Former CIA Director and retired U.S. General David Petraeus was aboard a train stopped at the station during the attack. Railway monitoring teams detected the incoming jet-powered drone in advance, allowing staff to sound an emergency evacuation alarm approximately 15 minutes before the strike. Passengers and crew were evacuated safely into surrounding cover, and no casualties were reported.Ukrainian railway authorities (Ukrzaliznytsia) reported that shortly before the strike, another diplomatic train carrying former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and several European security advisers had been at the same station before departing earlier than scheduled due to security adjustments. Officials noted the possibility that the strike was intended to target the diplomatic convoys travelling between Kyiv and Warsaw. The incident occurred amid a broader wave of Russian missile and drone strikes across Ukraine, which also prompted heightened air defense alerts and emergency meetings in neighboring Poland.


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