Notebook: The bus to Kyiv
Ticket counter at west railway and bus station in Warsaw. Photo: wtp.waw.pl
Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a train journey from Poland to Ukraine. It may be an odd mode of transport for a Prime Minister, but all the leaders of the world have been taking this train, labelled ‘Rail Force One’, ever since Ukraine’s airspace was closed following Russia’s invasion in February 2022.Mr. Modi was to arrive in Kyiv on the morning of August 23. After briefly attending the diaspora event addressed by Mr. Modi, I climbed into a bus bound for Kyiv in Ukraine, along with three other Indian journalists, at the Warsaw West Bus Station in Poland, at 9:15 p.m. on August 21. We chose to travel by bus since the direct train from Warsaw to Kyiv was fully booked. The other option was to chan...