Joe Biden calls ’emergency’ assembly after missile hits Poland

Biden, who was woke up in a single day by workers with the information of the missile explosion, referred to as Polish President Andrzej Duda early on Wednesday to specific his “deep condolences” for the lack of lives. The US president promised “full US support for and assistance with Poland’s investigation”, and “reaffirmed the United States’ ironclad commitment to NATO”.

A press release from the Polish Foreign Ministry recognized the missile as being made in Russia. But Poland’s president, Duda, was extra cautious about its origin, saying that officers didn’t know for positive who fired it or the place it was made.

He stated it was “most probably” Russian-made, however that’s being nonetheless verified. If confirmed, it will be the primary time because the invasion of Ukraine {that a} Russian weapon got here down on a NATO nation.

The basis of the NATO alliance is the precept that an assault in opposition to one member is an assault on all of them.