Poland, Ukraine condemn Russian strikes near border as war 'escalation'
Russia struck Ukrainian territory near the Polish border on Sunday, hitting a Warsaw-bound train, while US President Trump urged Kyiv to stop attacking Russian oil refineries.
Poland and Ukraine on Sunday condemned Russian strikes close to the Polish border, including one that hit a Warsaw-bound passenger train and another near a border checkpoint, describing the attacks as an escalation of the war.
Ukraine's rail operator Ukrzaliznytsia said the train's locomotive was hit roughly two kilometres from the Polish frontier, with no casualties reported. The operator said a diplomatic train carrying EU security advisers and former European leaders, including former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, had been at the nearby Yagodyn station shortly before the strike. Former CIA Director David Petraeus was reportedly on another train at the same station at the time of the attack. The exact distance between the officials and the targeted train was not specified.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Moscow had deliberately struck the locomotive.
Poland warns of further escalation
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk convened an emergency meeting in Warsaw and warned that Russia was likely to escalate the conflict in the coming weeks, adding that Polish territory could not be ruled out as a future target. Russia said it had struck railway infrastructure used to transport military cargo from European countries.
Speaking in Kyiv, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski called on allies to double their support for Ukraine, noting the strike occurred just a few hundred metres from the Polish border. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga said President Vladimir Putin considers Russia to be de facto at war with Europe.
Separately, Russian attacks killed at least two people in the frontline city of Kramatorsk on Sunday, while a second day of strikes on Odesa wounded 20 people, including two children.
Talks possible in October
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said negotiations involving Ukraine and the United States could take place in October. Zelensky had said he would be willing to meet Putin at the G20 summit in Miami in December, but Peskov called this impossible, repeating Moscow's demand that any meeting take place in Russia.
