The Russian drone struck the Kiev-Warsaw train locomotive on 13 September at the Ja hours station, 2 km from the Polish border. 206 passengers were evacuated, no 1 was injured. "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" warns that the strike was intended to intimidate the West. For Poland this means the necessity of hard defence of the border and clear NATO procedures.
Drone hit the train locomotive to Warsaw
The attack took place on Sunday, September 13 at the Ja hours station in the Volyn region, on the Ukrainian side of the border. A Russian unmanned man hit a passenger train locomotive going from Kiev to Warsaw. The warehouse was about 2 km from the Polish territory. According to PKP Intercity, 206 people were travelling there, without Polish citizens. The informing strategy allowed passengers and crew to be evacuated, so no 1 was injured.
That same morning another drone hit a truck about 800 metres from the Dorohusk-Ja hours pass. Traffic in the passage was temporarily halted. Polish military aircraft operated in Poland's airspace, but MON stated that the border was not breached. This is an crucial legal and military distinction. It does not change the fact that Russian attack at Dorohusk besides hit Polish transport and disrupted the passage.
Western politicians were nearby
Shortly before the Ya hours hit, a train with Western politicians and safety advisers ran over. It included erstwhile UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and erstwhile Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt. Another lineup standing on the station included erstwhile CIA manager David Petraeus. Ukrainian railways estimated that the likely mark could have been a diplomatic train that had left earlier. This is an assessment of the Ukrainian side, not a settled fact.
Reinhard Veser, commentator on "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung", stated that the impact was to deter western decision-makers from travelling to Kiev and weaken support for Ukraine. This effect is already visible: Berlin halted political travel to Ukraine after the attack. Moscow does not gotta cross the NATO border to origin political fear on its western side. All she has to do is rise the hazard right next to her.
Warsaw alert and NATO test
The German publicist pointed out that Russian strikes are approaching the territory of the Alliance state. He besides posed a question about NATO's reaction if Polish infrastructure was damaged next time or the Border defender officers were killed. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte called the attack reckless and dangerous action close the Alliance's territory and announced further support for Ukraine.
Words of unity cannot replace procedures. Poland needs to know who makes the decision and at what level in the event of a drone flying to the border crossing, how fast anti-aircraft defence works and what alliance forces are available. Eastern flank defense is credible erstwhile there is simply a willingness to act behind the declaration.
Poland needs its own defence capacity
The attack in Jahour does not give emergence to panic, but takes the right to complacency. Russia checks the reactions, raises the cost of travelling to Ukraine and tames Europe with blows closer and closer to Poland. The answer of Warsaw should be a smooth anti-aircraft and anti-drone shield, protection of passages and railway infrastructure, as well as hard arrangements with NATO.
Poland's solidarity with Ukraine must go hand in hand with the cold account of its own security. Our border cannot be the place where the Kremlin tests the opposition of the West with impunity. The state is required to prepare for the worst variant before the Russian unmanned forces them to act under force of time.
Source: Virtual Poland, Associated Press, NATO
Source: WP News
