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Russian Drone Strike Near Polish Border Prompts Evacuation
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In Short: A Russian jet drone struck near the Yahodyn border crossing in western Ukraine on Monday, Sept. 28, about 2 kilometers from the Polish border, prompting Poland to evacuate the Dorohusk border checkpoint.
A Russian jet drone struck near the Yahodyn border crossing in western Ukraine on Monday, Sept. 28, about 2 kilometers from the Polish border, prompting Poland to evacuate the Dorohusk border checkpoint.
Polish Deputy Interior Minister Magdalena Roguska told TVN24 that border checks at Dorohusk were halted first, before officials ordered a full evacuation due to the dynamic situation.
Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz confirmed that the drone hit the Ukrainian side of the crossing opposite Dorohusk in eastern Poland, and that Polish airspace was not violated.
Sources in Ukraine's State Border Guard Service told Ukrainska Pravda that the Russian attack drone struck several hundred meters from the border and did not damage the Yahodyn crossing itself.
Ukrainian monitoring channels reported Russian drones moving toward the Yahodyn border crossing during the afternoon of Sept. 28.
Poland put aircraft and air defenses on alert, but its defense minister said Polish airspace was not violated.
Deputy Defense Minister Cezary Tomczyk said Poland will change procedures for military aircraft and helicopters that engage objects entering from the direction of Russia.
Visual identification of targets by pilots would no longer be required, Poland's Deputy Defense Minister said.
This strike follows a series of recent Russian attacks near the Polish border, including a Russian drone coming down near a gas station in Yahodyn on Sept. 17 and striking the locomotive of a passenger train traveling to Warsaw.
Incursions by Russian munitions into Polish airspace have become increasingly frequent as Russia's war in Ukraine continues, prompting Poland to scramble military aircraft during attacks on western Ukraine.
On Sept. 13, Russian forces struck near the Yahodyn-Dorohusk border crossing, damaging a filling station and hitting the locomotive of a Kyiv-Warsaw passenger train two kilometers from the border.
Preemptive warnings prevented train casualties, and border operations resumed after temporary sheltering.
What this adds
The strike near the Yahodyn border crossing highlights the ongoing threat to Ukraine's western border regions and the need for Poland to adjust its defense protocols.
The Ukrainian Chess Federation issued a protest on Sept. 28 after Mykhailo Podolyak, an advisor to the Presidential Office, accepted the title of vice president at the International Chess Federation alongside a former Russian minister.
When asked what concerned them most, 50% of Ukrainians cited corruption, while 40% cited Russia’s mass missile and drone attacks.
Background
Ukrainian forces struck two Russian radar stations, a drone launch facility, and a fuel depot in occupied territories, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Ukrainian forces struck a Russian Buk-M3 air defense complex, a Nebo-U radar station, and a drone production site in Severodonetsk, as well as command posts across occupied Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).
What's confirmed
- A Russian jet drone struck near the Yahodyn border crossing in western Ukraine on Monday, Sept.
- 28, about 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from the Polish border.
What's still developing
- Jacek Goryszewski, a spokesman for Poland’s Operational Command of the Armed Forces, told TVN24 that it was not yet known what exactly the drone had hit.
- Around the same time, Johnson condemned the attack and renewed his call for Russian assets frozen in the EU and UK to be transferred to Ukraine.
- When asked what concerned them most, 50% of Ukrainians cited corruption, while 40% cited Russia’s mass missile and drone attacks.
- The shelters will initially be installed at stations in densely populated areas and near major roads and will be available to anyone nearby, Ukrnafta CEO Bohdan Kukura said.
- The Ukrainian Chess Federation (UCF) issued a protest on Sept. 28 after Mykhailo Podolyak, an advisor to the Presidential Office, accepted the title of vice president at the International Chess Federation (FIDE) alongside a former Russian minister.
- Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Iraqi Finance Minister Falih Al-Sari has called for expediting customs automation and extending the ASYCUDA system to border crossings in the Kurdistan Region, as Baghdad strives to unify customs operations and boost non-oil income.
- The Finance Minister also emphasized the necessity to implement the system at border crossings in the Kurdistan Region, which would integrate federal and regional customs operations under a more unified digital framework.
- Expanding ASYCUDA throughout Iraq might also help resolve long-standing disagreements between Baghdad and Erbil over customs processes and border income.
- A unified system would provide both sides with a standard method for documenting transactions and determining tariffs at border crossings.
Sources
- Kyiv Postlink
- The Kyiv Independentlink
- Kyivpostlink
- Iraqinewslink
- Enlink
- I24Newslink
- Al Jazeeralink
- Los Angeles Timeslink
- Independentlink
- Rferllink
- Wswslink
- Warpbeatlink
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- WarpBeat — background on Ukraine Strikes Russian Drone and Radar Sites link
- WarpBeat — background on Ukraine Strikes Russian Air Defense, Drone Sites link
- NBC News — video link