Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 13, 2026 - Institute for the Study of War

Russian forces conducted a drone strike against a train leaving Ukraine and infrastructure at the Yahodyn border crossing on the Ukrainian-Polish border on September 13, as European officials were crossing the border. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated on September 13 that Russia conducted a drone strike against a passenger train locomotive and a gas station in Volyn Oblast near the Ukrainian-Polish border.[1] The Ukrzaliznytsia deputy director for passenger transportation stated that a Russian drone hit the locomotive of a train traveling from Kyiv City to Warsaw, and Ukrzaliznytsia reported that the drone struck the locomotive two kilometers from the Polish border.