Russia did not attack Poland, NATO says after missile landing
We must wait for the results of the ongoing inquiry into this occurrence. However, there is no proof that this was the consequence of an intentional attack, Stoltenberg told the press.
Poland stated on Wednesday that there is "absolutely no indication" that a missile that landed in Polish farmland and killed two people was a deliberate attack on the NATO nation, and that the Soviet-era missile was likely launched by Ukraine as it resisted a Russian airstrike that destroyed its power grid.
According to Polish President Andrzej Duda, "Ukraine's defence was sending its missiles in numerous directions and it is extremely plausible that one of these missiles sadly fell on Polish territory." Nothing, simply nothing, suggests that Poland was intentionally attacked.
At a gathering of the military alliance in Brussels, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg concurred with the analysis.
We must wait for the results of the ongoing inquiry into this occurrence. However, there is no proof that this was the consequence of an intentional attack, Stoltenberg told the press.
As additional information becomes available following a missile that impacted Polish soil last night, a flurry of urgent and high-level diplomatic discussions are taking place on Wednesday among NATO nations.
Although it denied any participation and labelled the missile that killed two Polish civilians as a "provocation," Russia was widely suspected of firing the missile that did so. NATO nations, particularly Poland and its neighbours in Eastern Europe, as well as the former Soviet states in the Baltics, have stated that if Russia is discovered to be responsible for the attack, there will be a harsh response.
The missile incident in Poland happened amid a barrage of Russian missile attacks on Ukraine's energy and infrastructure, which the country's energy corporation described as the "biggest attack in the history of the energy sector."
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