Russia hits Ukrainian train shortly after Boris Johnson and top European officials leave station

Former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt, who had also attended the conference in Kyiv, told the BBC passengers on board his train had been told to prepare for evacuation before subsequently being allowed to continue their journey."On the train I was on we received order to prepare evacuation after it had stopped. But after a number of minutes we were informed that it was clear and we could proceed," he said.That train then safely arrived at Poland's border station in Dorohusk.Some reports have suggested Bildt was on the same train as Johnson, but the former UK prime minister has not confirmed any details. Johnson wrote on X: "I don't know what warped logic drove Putin to blow up a stationary Ukrainian locomotive on the Polish border this morning.He said this was "the kind of random and senseless attack Ukrainians are enduring every day - even on civilian railways".Johnson also said Russian President Vladimir Putin "has been responsible for the deaths of 1,700 staff of Ukrzaliznytsia", urging Kyiv's allies to urgently provide Ukrainians "the air defences they need".Ukraine has made repeated pleas to its allies - particularly the US - to provide more interceptors to defend against daily Russian attacks that increasingly use fast-moving ballistic missiles and jet-propelled drones.