A drone strike in Ukraine may have targeted a train carrying Boris Johnson.
The attack, believed to be Russian, occurred at Yahodyn station near the Polish border shortly after the former prime minister’s train departed ahead of schedule.
Mr Johnson, 62, had been returning from a conference in Kyiv, travelling alongside former Swedish prime minister Carl Bildt and several European security advisers.
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Ukrzaliznytsia, Ukraine’s state rail operator, said in a Telegram post that it was "quite possible" the drone was intended to hit Mr Johnson’s train.
The company explained that the train "had departed the station earlier than scheduled due to real-time adjustments to train timetables necessitated by the constant threat of Russian strikes."
Former CIA director David Petraeus was on a separate train still at the station when the drone struck.
No casualties were reported.
Mr Johnson praised Ukrzaliznytsia staff and passengers as "absolutely heroic" and renewed calls for increased support for Ukraine.
He said: "I don’t know what warped logic drove (Russian President Vladimir) Putin to blow up a stationary Ukrainian locomotive on the Polish border this morning.
"What we can say for sure is that this is the kind of random and senseless attack Ukrainians are enduring every day – even on civilian railways."
He also questioned the West’s reluctance to provide more air defences to Ukraine and to release frozen Russian assets to support the country’s war effort.
He said: "When are we going to give them the air defences they need? Why won’t we unfreeze Putin’s cash and give it to Ukraine?
"There is more than 140 billion euro in a Belgian bank account – and about £10 billion in London.
"Britain could show a lead."
Ukraine’s foreign minister Andrii Sybiha condemned the attack as "barbaric" and said it exemplified "Putin’s terror ‘knocking’ directly on the doors of the EU and Nato."
The Conservative Party described the incident as a "stark escalation" by Moscow and called on the UK Government to increase defence spending.
Stuart Anderson, recently appointed shadow minister for war preparedness, said: "It is yet another reminder that Russian aggression is a real and growing threat to European security and, ultimately, our own national security."
Defence secretary Wes Streeting said: "The strikes on Ukraine today, including on the gas works near Nato’s border, serve as a stark reminder of the bombardment that Ukrainians face every day.
"Reckless, dangerous attacks on civilian infrastructure so close to Poland also underline the wider security threat Russia poses.
"The UK continues to stand firm with Ukraine and will continue working with allies and partners to bolster European security."
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