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This handout picture taken and released by the Ukrainian State Emergency Service on September 12, 2026 shows firefighters extinguish fire at a train carriage damaged by a drone strike near the border with Poland. Poland and Ukraine condemned on September 13, 2026 an escalation following Russian strikes in Ukraine close to the Polish border, which notably targeted a train bound for Warsaw, which come just a week after visits by US envoys to Moscow and Kyiv aimed at reviving Washington-led negotiations to end the conflict. (Photo by Handout / Ukrainian State Emergency Service / AFP) HANDOUT
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THE WASHINGTON POST: Russia’s drone strike on a train near the Ukraine-Poland border early Sunday seemed to mark a worrisome new development in Moscow’s calculations, officials said.

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