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Ex-UK PM Boris Johnson Narrowly Escapes as Russian Drone Hits Warsaw-bound Train

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;5 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"AR1q1Gel" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>By Yusuf Danjuma Yunusa<&sol;p><div class&equals;"xKSbE79O" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Ukrainian and Polish governments have accused Russia of launching drone strikes on the locomotive of a passenger train carrying 206 people headed for Warsaw on Sunday morning&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ukraine said it forewarned the railway operators of likely drone strikes&comma; adding that no one was hurt&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The monitoring team gave the train crew advanced warning&comma; and thanks to that&comma; no one was injured&comma;” Ukrainian railway operator&comma; Ukrzaliznytsia&comma; wrote in social media&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"jAsoocgW" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Ukrzaliznytsia said that a diplomatic train conveying VIPs such as a former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson&semi; ex-CIA chief&comma; David Petraeus&comma; passed through the Yagodyn station shortly before the drone strike&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;5 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;5 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad5" id&equals;"quads-ad5" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Shortly before the locomotive was hit at the Ukrainian-Polish border&comma; a diplomatic train was at Yagodyn station&comma;” Ukrzaliznytsia said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There were&comma; among others&comma; security advisers from several EU member states and former European leaders on board&comma; including former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson&period; In another train that was at Yagodyn station at the very moment of the attack was former CIA Director David Petraeus&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Warsaw-bound train was carrying 206 people&comma; none of whom were Polish citizens&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Poland’s Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski described the incident as an escalation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This is an escalation&comma; this is another great challenge for Ukraine and for the hypothetical future victims of Russian aggression and this means that we should double our efforts to support victims of aggression&comma;” Mr Sikorski said at a press briefing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The train was transporting 206 individuals and there was no Polish citizen among<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The train is carrying 206 people&period; There are no Polish citizens among the passengers&comma;” the operator said online&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;After completing customs clearance&comma; it will continue its journey towards Warsaw&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The former UK leader advocated Russia’s frozen funds in Belgium to be transferred to Ukraine&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I don’t know what warped logic drove Putin to blow up a stationary Ukrainian locomotive on the Polish border this morning&comma;” Mr Johnson said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;When are we going to give them the air defences they need&quest; Why won’t we unfreeze Putin’s cash and give it to Ukraine&quest; There is more than €140 billion &lpar;&dollar;163 billion&rpar; in a Belgian bank account — and about £10 billion &lpar;€11&period;7 billion or 13&period;5 billion&rpar; in London&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;5 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; 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