At NATO’s doorstep, Russian drones struck a gas station and passenger train near Ukraine’s border with Poland

Ukraine

Russian forces launched drone strikes on a gas station and a train near the Yahodyn border crossing, several kilometers from the Ukrainian-Polish border.

A major fire broke out at the gas station, according to Ukrainian media accounts citing eyewitness photos and videos. Trucks parked nearby caught fire. Two drivers were injured, according to Suspilne. A supermarket building was also damaged. Yahodyn is one of the main road crossings between Ukraine and Poland.

Russian forces also struck the locomotive of a passenger train two kilometers from the Polish border. Ukrainian Railways’ press service said the train crew had been warned of a possible strike, helping to avert casualties.

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Ukrainian Railways chief Oleksandr Pertsovskyi said Russian forces had been attacking railway infrastructure — including depots, stations, and rolling stock — continuously for two days.

Russian strikes have disrupted train schedules across the country. The Konotop–Zhmerynka train is running more than 18 hours late, according to UNIAN. Several other services are delayed by nine to 10 hours, while many more trains are running two to six hours behind schedule.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said of Russia’s strikes near the Ukrainian-Polish border: “This is Putin’s terror, which is ‘knocking’ directly on the doors of the EU and NATO.” “The Russian barbarians are already at your gates, dear partners,” Sybiha said. He urged European countries to use “the full force of your sanctions against Putin’s aggressive regime,” including a total trade embargo and a complete ban on Russians entering their countries.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said it had carried out strikes in Ukraine’s western regions against “railway infrastructure facilities supporting the transport of military cargo from European countries.”

World

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping offered Putin assistance in efforts to reach a peaceful settlement on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in New Delhi.

“During their bilateral meetings, Modi and Xi asked detailed questions about efforts to reach a settlement in Ukraine and actively offered their good offices to help find a solution to the problem,” Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters after the summit, according to Interfax.

Putin “welcomed their readiness and provided a detailed update on the situation,” Peskov said.

Peskov also said a new round of trilateral talks among Russia, Ukraine, and the United States could take place in October. Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said the Russian authorities consider Abu Dhabi “an entirely acceptable” venue for the negotiations.

U.S. presidential envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, who visited Moscow and Kyiv in early September, said the United States wanted to resume trilateral negotiations.

Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Ukrainian President’s Office, also said earlier that trilateral negotiations could resume in October.

Russia, Ukraine, and the United States held three rounds of talks in January and February 2026 — two in Abu Dhabi and one in Geneva. No talks in this format have been held since.

The war in photos

Kramatorsk, in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, has repeatedly come under Russian attack. Russian drones struck civilian vehicles on Saturday, September 12, according to Oleksandr Honcharenko, head of the city’s military administration. Three people were killed, and four were injured. Russian strikes in Kramatorsk killed two people and damaged 21 private homes on September 11, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service. On September 10, Russian forces dropped six aerial bombs on residential neighborhoods in the city, injuring more than 20 people. Meduza is publishing photographs taken in Kramatorsk over the past several days.