Russia hits Ukrainian train shortly after Boris Johnson and top European officials leave station

BBC Politics Monday 14 September 2026, 03:38 UTC 1 min read

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The former UK PM said "I don't know what warped logic drove Putin to blow up a stationary Ukrainian locomotive on the Polish border this morning".

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