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Poland fortifies Ukraine border

Polish troops are building fortifications along the border with Ukraine and establishing surveillance and security posts near border crossings, Poland’s General Command of the Armed Forces announced on Sept. 15.

16 September, 04:12 AM

Boris Johnson: Putin getting ‘more hysterical’

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin “is getting more and more hysterical,” former UK PM Boris Johnson said on Sept. 14, one day after Russian drones struck a train near the Polish border.

14 September, 09:26 PM

Kremlin says military operations across Ukraine will continue after diplomatic train attack

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Russian forces would continue carrying out military operations across Ukraine when asked about a Russian drone strike on a locomotive near the Polish border.

14 September, 07:11 PM

Poland urges citizens near border to prepare shelters after Russian strikes in western Ukraine

Russian attacks on western Ukraine pose a “very serious” threat to Poland, Polish Deputy Interior Minister Czesław Mroczek said in an interview with the Polish outlet RMF24 on Sept. 14, urging residents in border areas to know where they can take shelter in case of danger.

14 September, 07:02 PM

Russian strike on Yahodyn checkpoint aimed to kill or wound European officials – ISW

The Russian strike on the Yahodyn-Dorohusk border checkpoint intended to injure or kill current and former European government officials as they were leaving Ukraine, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported on September 13.

14 September, 10:24 AM

Ex-CIA chief Petraeus was on train during Poland border strike

Ukrainian Railways provided new details on the attack on a locomotive at Yahodyn near the Polish border. Shortly before the strike, a special train carrying European politicians had been at the station; at the moment of the attack itself, a different train — carrying former CIA Director David Petraeus — was present, according to the company’s update on Telegram on Sept. 13.

13 September, 08:40 PM

Russian drone strikes Kyiv-Warsaw train near Polish border

Russian forces struck the locomotive of a passenger train near the border with Poland in Ukraine's Volyn Oblast on Sept. 13. No one was injured, according to Ukrainian Railways.

13 September, 01:47 PM

Ukraine lists industrial complex near Polish border for $5.5 million

An industrial site in the city of Volodymyr, near Ukraine's border with Poland, has been put up for sale for $5.5 million, according to a listing reported by InVenture on June 17.

17 June, 12:55 PM

Russia attacks town near Polish border

Russia’s Iranian-designed Shahed drones targeted an energy infrastructure facility in Novovolynsk, just 15 kilometers from the Polish border, local authorities said on March 18.

18 March, 10:28 PM

New EU entry rules slow down border crossings, Kyiv warns

Motorists crossing from Ukraine into Poland at the Krakovets checkpoint are facing longer wait times after the EU launched its new digital Entry/Exit System (EES), Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service said on Oct. 20.

20 October 2025, 11:52 PM

Poland deports five Ukrainian citizens over public safety concerns

Polish authorities have detained six Ukrainian nationals on Sept. 19–20, five of whom were deported to Ukraine, Polish Border Guard said on Sept. 22.

22 September 2025, 11:52 PM

Prince Harry stuck at border en route to Kyiv

Prince Harry faced a three-hour delay during his Sep. 12 visit to Kyiv, waiting for a train from Poland into Ukraine, according to Sep. 16 reports from The Guardian and Olga Rudneva, CEO of the Superhumans rehabilitation center.

16 September 2025, 01:39 PM

Polish border blockade protest ends

Polish protesters who had been blocking freight traffic at the Yahodyn–Dorohusk border crossing ended their action in the evening of May 13, according to Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service.

14 May 2025, 02:07 AM

Kyiv urges Poland to resolve border protests

Deputy Foreign Minister Oleksandr Mishchenko met with Poland’s ambassador to Ukraine, Piotr Lukasiewicz, to discuss the blockade of freight traffic at the Dorohusk border crossing by Polish protesters, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said on May 13.

13 May 2025, 09:46 PM

Poland moves to prevent future blockades of the Ukrainian border

The Polish government has designated border checkpoints as critical infrastructure to prevent potential blockades of the Polish-Ukrainian border, said Paweł Kowal, chair of the Sejm's Committee on Foreign Affairs and Council for Cooperation with Ukraine, Rzeczpospolita reported on Jan. 28.

28 January 2025, 01:36 PM

Exotic wildlife Polish smuggler faces bribery probe

An attempt by a Polish citizen to smuggle lemurs and exotic birds was thwarted at the Hrushiv-Budomezh checkpoint, the State Border Guard Service (SBGS) reported on Telegram on Jan. 5, posting photos of the rare animals and birds discovered on the Ukrainian-Polish border.

6 January 2025, 01:09 PM

Issues on the Polish side: Ustyluh-Zosin border crossing temporarily closed — State Border Guard Service

At the Polish border, the Ustyluh-Zosin crossing point is temporarily not allowing people and vehicles to pass. This was reported by the State Border Guard Service on Sept. 22.

22 September 2024, 11:12 AM

Polish protesters freeze Ukraine border at three major checkpoints, halting truck traffic

Polish farmers continue to block truck traffic at three checkpoints – Yahodyn, Rava-Ruska and Uhryniv, spokesperson for the State Border Guard Service, Andriy Demchenko, told news agency Ukrinform on April 16.

16 April 2024, 02:52 PM

Ukrainian drivers wait for weeks in dire conditions at Polish border — NV interview

Viktor Koptenkov, the director and co-founder of Dart Logistic Ukraine, discussed the challenging conditions faced by his company’s truck drivers at the blocked border with Poland in an interview with NV.

1 March 2024, 12:55 PM

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