BORIS Johnson was caught up in an incident at the Polish border after a Russian drone struck train tracks.
The former Prime Minister, who is understood to be unharmed, was travelling back from a security conference in Kyiv.
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Panicked passengers were woken up at 5am as Mr Johnson’s train was temporarily evacuated because of nearby drone attacks, according to German outlet Der Spiegel.
Former Swedish premier and foreign minister Carl Bildt, who was on the same train as Johnson, said the train immediately after theirs was hit by the drone.
The “special train” received an “evacuation warning” but managed to escape across the border to Nato territory in Poland.
Bildt said: “This wasn’t our train [that was hit], but the one just minutes after us by the [Polish] border crossing.
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“It was evacuated as the [Russian] drone approached and no one was hurt. Very good safety system.
“Our train just had an evacuation warning but could proceed to Dorohusk.
“The [Russian] attacks against [Ukraine] are intensifying.”
The incident came after another train on the Kyiv-Warsaw route was struck by a Russian drone just one mile from the Polish border.
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The train was carrying 206 passengers who were seen running in fear after the attack.
No one was injured, according to Ukrainian railway authorities.
Shocking images show a huge fireball engulfing train tracks and flames lighting up the night sky.
Also on Mr Johnson’s train was Günter Sautter, Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s foreign and security-policy adviser.
There is no indication that their train was struck by a drone.
Johnson and other prominent Western figures had been attending the 2026 annual meeting of the Yalta European Strategy (YES) in Kyiv.
Russian independent news outlet Agentsvo reported: “A day after Putin threatened Europe with war, Russia struck the Kyiv–Warsaw train.
“The strike affected a special train carrying European politicians and diplomats.”
The attack comes days after US envoys visited Kyiv and Moscow hoping to revive Washington-led talks on ending Europe’s worst conflict since World War II, without securing a breakthrough.
Nato member Poland said a second drone struck near a border crossing, prompting Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski to accuse Putin of “escalating” the conflict.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Moscow struck the train “deliberately”.
He also accused Russia of attacking rail and energy infrastructure, as well as civilian buildings across the country, including in the west.
Zelensky said: “It is precisely to prevent these strikes from spreading further into Europe that Ukrainian men and women fight every day, give their lives, and do not allow the aggression to expand.
With Ukrainian airspace closed, trains to neighbouring Poland have been one of the main routes out of the war-torn country, often carrying refugees and packed with women and children.
Neither country reported casualties and Intercity said the service was delayed by more than six hours but would travel on to Warsaw after border checks were completed.
Poland’s interior minister Marcin Kierwinski said one drone struck near the Dorohusk-Yagodyn border crossing, while the other hit the passenger train.
“We are treating these events with the utmost seriousness. The situation is being monitored on an ongoing basis,” Kierwinski said.
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