Estonian foreign minister says Russian attack made it harder for his team to cross Ukrainian-Polish border
Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna has commented on Russian strikes on Ukrainian regions on the night of 12-13 September, which also affected an area near the Ukrainian-Polish border.
Source: Tsahkna on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda
Details: Tsahkna posted a video showing a petrol station on fire after a Russian drone attack near the Yahodyn border crossing.
"Only hours before these images emerged, members of my own team were stuck at this very border crossing, unable to leave Ukraine because of the Russian drone threat," he commented.
The minister stressed that Russian attacks are becoming increasingly intense and moving ever closer to NATO and the EU.
Quote: "Our response must intensify too. Every Russian missile and drone Ukraine stops, every Russian capability we help Ukraine destroy and every additional cost we impose on Moscow strengthens the security of Ukraine and all of Europe."
Background:
- Dariusz Sinecki, spokesperson for the Nadbużański Border Guard Unit in Poland, said that a drone hit a lorry near the Yahodyn-Dorohusk border crossing on the night of 12-13 September.
- Earlier, Andrii Demchenko, spokesperson for Ukraine's State Border Guard Service, said that the Yahodyn border crossing itself on the border with Poland had not been hit.
- Polish Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said that there had been no violation of the country's airspace.
- Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said this was Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin's terrorism, which is "knocking directly on the doors" of the EU and NATO.
- Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) reported that Russia had struck the locomotive of a passenger train near the border with Poland.
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