Poland's ambassador to the United Nations says the country acted with 'full restraint' after a suspected Russian-made missile fell inside its border, killing two Polish citizens and sparking fears of an escalation in Russia's war against Ukraine.
Poland’s ambassador to the United Nations says the country acted with “full restraint” after a suspected Russian-made missile fell inside its border on Tuesday, killing two Polish citizens and sparking fears of an escalation in Russia’s war against Ukraine.
said was likely caused by a missile fired by Ukrainian forces defending their country against Russian strikes. “Poland is also conducting intensive consultations on the incident with its allies and key partners,” he said, noting that the incident prompted Poland to increase the combat readiness of a unit of the armed forces focused on airspace monitoring. Two farmers died when the missile caused an explosion outside the rural eastern Polish village of Przewodow, about 4 miles west of the Ukrainian border. Tuesday’s incident marks the first time a
country has been directly hit during the nearly nine-month conflict and prompted an emergency meeting of ambassadors from the US-led military alliance in Brussels Wednesday. Szczerski said the incident “teaches us how close we actually live the potential escalation in the spillover of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine of far-reaching consequences that we all can perceive.” He added that the two Polish victims “would not have been killed if there had been no Russian war against Ukraine.
head Jens Stoltenberg said Russia bears “ultimate responsibility” for the incident, “as it continues its illegal war against Ukraine.” The blast occurred roughly the same time as Russia launched its biggest wave of missile attacks on Ukrainian cities in more than a month, predominantly targeting energy infrastructure. The Polish ambassador repeated his country’s early assessment that the incident appears to have been unintentional.
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