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During 12-13 September, the armed forces of the aggressor country, the Russian Federation, launched massive drone attacks on populated areas of Ukraine's western regions, including a gas station near the international checkpoint "Yahodyn" on the border with Poland. This was reported to Suspilne by Valentina Chernysh, spokeswoman for the Volyn Customs Service.
Falling debris set fire to the gas station buildings and several trucks parked nearby.
According to Chernysh, during the air raid alarm all operations at the border were halted, and people were in shelters.
As of 10.00 the checkpoint was operating normally, added Margarita Vershynina, spokeswoman for the Volyn Border Detachment.
In addition, Russian occupiers attacked railway infrastructure near the Yahodyn–Dorohusk checkpoint, said Oleksandr Shevchenko, deputy director of Ukrzaliznytsia for passenger transportation, in a comment to Suspilne. According to him, a Russian UAV struck the locomotive of the Kyiv–Warsaw train that was heading abroad.
A monitoring team warned the train crew of the threat in advance. At the time of the strike the train was two kilometers from the Polish border. There were no deaths or injuries.
Ukraine's Minister of Foreign Affairs Andriy Sybiha, whose comments were quoted on Telegram by the MFA, reacted to the Russian attack near the Ukrainian–Polish border.
"Russia's barbaric strikes near the Ukrainian–Polish border at Yahodyn are not simply a continuation of its attacks on Ukraine's state borders. This is the terror of [illegitimate Russian president Vladimir] Putin, who is 'knocking' directly on the doors of the EU and NATO. The Russian barbarians are already at your gates, dear partners," the foreign minister said.
Sybiha called on partners to act now and to use the full force of sanctions against Russia. In particular, he urged the imposition of a complete trade embargo, a full ban on entry into partner countries, and comprehensive sanctions against Russia's military-industrial complex.
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