What happened
Boris Johnson has condemned a Russian drone strike on a passenger train near Ukraine’s border with Poland after his own train was placed on evacuation alert during the attack. The former prime minister was travelling from Kyiv to Poland after attending a security conference when guards woke him at 5am yesterday and told him to prepare to leave. The warning came after a train behind his was hit in Volyn, about 2km from the Polish border. None of the 206 passengers on the targeted train were injured.

Who said what
Johnson questioned what “warped logic” had prompted Russian President Vladimir Putin to attack a Ukrainian railway, describing the violence as “random and senseless”. He called for Kyiv’s allies to urgently provide Ukrainians with “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”, said Jaroslav Lukiv on the BBC.

What next?
Poland scrambled military aircraft following the strikes, which have raised fresh concerns about Russian attacks approaching Nato territory. Despite the escalation, the Kremlin said three-way peace talks involving Russia, Ukraine and the US could still take place next month.

What happened
School meals in England are set for a huge overhaul, with schools required to serve more fruit, vegetables, fibre and whole grains while removing deep-fried food from their menus. From next year, cakes and other sweet puddings will be restricted to one serve a week in primary schools and offered just twice weekly in secondary schools, while processed meats such as sausages and chicken nuggets will be limited to a single serving each week. Every meal will also have to include fruit or vegetables.

Who said what
Education Secretary Lucy Powell described the new guidelines as “once-in-a-generation changes” that would improve children’s health and wellbeing. School leaders have welcomed the reforms, but warned against excessive enforcement.

This is the “biggest overhaul of food standards in more than a decade”, said Geraldine Scott in The Times, and it addresses a major issue. The Department for Education reports that poor diets are causing significant health issues in young children, with one-third leaving primary school overweight or obese and sugar-driven tooth decay remaining the top cause of hospital admissions for five- to nine-year-olds.

What next?
The new standards will also cover breakfast clubs, which will face nutrition requirements for the first time. Pastries and fried eggs will be removed, while cereals will face limits on sugar and chocolate spread will be banned. Schools will have to publish their menus and food policies online, with monitoring arrangements to be developed with the Food Standards Agency.

The Italian government has “moved in a unilateral and arrogant way, treating Sardinia like the Cayenne of Italy”, said Alessandra Todde, governor of Sardinia.

The official – referring to the former penal colony off the coast of French Guiana that was nicknamed “Devil’s Island” – has accused the government of ignoring her objections and not permitting her to be “involved in decisions that directly affect” Sardinia, said Il Sole 24 Ore.

Last weekend 88 high-security prisoners arrived on the island, said The Times. They are among the “746 inmates held under Italy’s toughest solitary confinement rules”, taking Sardinia’s total to 183 – a quarter of the national total.

Starting with protest flashpoints in February, Sardinians continue to oppose the prisoners’ relocation to the island, but one prison official told the newspaper: “We can’t send them to Sicily because many of them come from there in the first place.”

Meanwhile, locals fear that as more of the high-security prisoners arrive, mafia clans could “move from mainland Italy to be near jailed relatives”, said The Independent.

Sardinia already faces one of the country’s highest prisoner-to-inhabitant ratios and increasing that could strain services. Like much of southern Italy, Sardinia has a “fragile healthcare system and an ageing population”. Additionally, islanders face “higher inmate healthcare costs than in other parts of the country”. If a “mobster” in prison were to need hospital treatment, they would require an escort of “dozens of prison guards” and, in order to accommodate them and protect the public, authorities could be forced to “shut entire wards”.