Russian strike kills three at Chernihiv warehouse and one in Kherson
Russian forces conducted multiple strikes across Ukraine on 13-14 September, killing at least four civilians, injuring others, damaging agricultural warehouses in Chernihiv Oblast, hitting Kherson with drones, and striking a train locomotive near the Polish border where high-profile Western figures had recently passed.
Casualties from strikes in Chernihiv and Kherson
Russian invaders attacked warehouse facilities of an agricultural enterprise in the city of Pryluky in Chernihiv Oblast on 14 September. [1] Early reports indicate that three people have been killed and seven injured in the strike on the warehouse facilities. [1] Police investigative teams, bomb disposal experts, and other services are working at the scene. [1] Police are securing the site, carrying out necessary priority measures, and collecting evidence of the Russian army's war crime. [1]
Russian forces twice attacked Kherson with drones on the morning of 14 September. [2] At approximately 08:30, Russian terrorists attacked a passenger car in the Dniprovskyi district with a drone. [2] As a result of this enemy strike, a man whose identity is currently being established by appropriate services sustained fatal injuries. [2] Subsequently, at around 10:10, Russian forces attacked the central part of the city with a drone. [2] A 62-year-old man suffered a blast injury and a shrapnel wound to his left leg. [2]
Drone strike on train near Polish border
A Russian drone struck the locomotive of a Kyiv-Warsaw passenger train near the Polish border at Yahodyn on 13 September. [3] The attack occurred in the Volyn region at Yahodyn, around two kilometers from the Polish border. [3] The same attack hit a gas station at the Yahodyn border crossing point. [3] The strike hit a shunting locomotive at Yahodyn. [4] No one was injured in the attack on the train. [3] The train carried 206 people. [3] The strike on the border facilities prompted an emergency meeting in Poland. [4]
High-profile passengers on preceding train
The YES Express crossed the border about an hour and a half before its shunting locomotive at Yahodyn was hit. [4] Former Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid was among those aboard the train returning from the YES conference in Kyiv. [4] Other leading Estonian figures on the same train included former economy and information technology minister Tiit Riisalo and Taavi Linnamäe, who had headed up Kaljulaid's office and foundation. [4] Reform party MPs Mati Raidma, Marko Mihkelson and Eerik-Niiles Kross were also on the train, along with Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Mariin Ratnik and Kristi Raik, director of the Estonian Foreign Policy Institute. [4] Former Finnish prime minister Sanna Marin was reportedly on board as well. [4] Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, former CIA chief David Petraeus and senior European security officials had passed through the same line. [4] The political figures and former leaders had been travelling back from Kyiv, where they had attended the annual YES (Yalta European Strategy) forum. [4] Former Swedish prime minister Carl Bildt, who was also on board, stated that passengers received a warning of evacuation. [3] Gunter Sautter, one of the closest advisers to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on foreign and security policy, was among those on the train, along with security advisers from the United Kingdom, France and Italy, German parliamentarians, diplomats and academics. [3]
Attacks on Odesa and Mykolaiv
Russian forces attacked Odesa around midnight on 13 September and damaged a high-rise residential building. [3] A drone with jet propulsion hit a unit of the postal and logistics company Nova Poshta in the Odesa region, injuring two people. [3] The facade of the building, windows and a freight transport vehicle were damaged. [3] Russian forces attacked energy infrastructure in Mykolaiv on 13 September, causing power outages in several districts. [3] Municipal electrical networks were hit directly. [3]
Response and warnings
Police urge citizens not to approach the site of the strike in Pryluky due to the threat of a repeat attack and to react to air-raid warnings. [1] Ukraine's state rail operator Ukrzaliznytsia stated that the monitoring group warned the train crew in time about the danger. [3] Director General of Ukrzaliznytsia Oleksandr Perțovski stated that Russia has continued an uninterrupted attack on the Ukrainian rail network for more than 24 hours, with occupants targeting depots, stations and rolling stock. [3] All teams are on duty, monitoring the situation, reacting and evacuating people safely. [3] The strike just two kilometers from Polish territory prompted an emergency meeting in Poland and renewed calls for more air defenses and sanctions. [4]
What to watch next: The pattern of Russian escalation of attacks on Ukraine's rail network continues, with the strike near the Polish border raising concerns about proximity to NATO territory.
