Russia strikes a Ukrainian passenger train near the Polish border — Johnson and Petraeus were on the line

A Russian strike on a passenger train in western Ukraine on 13–14 September narrowly missed a carriage that had been carrying former British prime minister Boris Johnson and former CIA director David Petraeus, Ukrainian and NATO officials said. A separate drone hit a lorry less than a kilometre from the Dorohusk–Yahodyn crossing with Poland.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said the attack would not deter Ukraine’s backers and called it a sign of Vladimir Putin’s desperation. Poland, which has watched drones and missiles probe its frontier for months, asked Europe to double down on military support.

The same 24 hours killed at least nine people in Russian strikes across Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelensky again offered to meet Putin at the coming G20 in Miami; the Kremlin called the idea impossible. On the battlefield, Ukrainian drones this month hit gas plants in Yamalo-Nenets — nearly 3,000 kilometres from the border, the deepest such strikes of the war.

Nigeria’s interest is not sentimental. Grain, fertiliser, diesel and the price of bread in Mile 12 still move when Black Sea and now Gulf energy are both at war. Two wars, one pump.