Poland strike attributable to Ukraine firing at incoming Russian missile: US officers

According to US officers, preliminary findings have instructed the missile that hit Poland was fired by Ukrainian forces at an incoming Russian missile.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Nov 16, 2022 13:22 IST

Police block a highway, amid experiences of two explosions, in Przewodow, Poland, November 15, 2022 (Photo: Reuters)

By India Today Web Desk: Initial findings have instructed that missile that hit Poland was fired by Ukrainian forces at an incoming Russian missile, the US officers mentioned, information company AP reported. Three U.S. officers informed AP that preliminary assessments point out the missile that struck Poland had been fired by Ukrainian forces at an incoming Russian missile.

Earlier, a senior U.S. intelligence officer informed the AP that Russian missiles crossed into Poland.

Two folks have been killed in an explosion in Przewodow, a village in japanese Poland about 6 kilometers (3-1/2 miles) from the border with Ukraine, Polish authorities mentioned. Earlier, US President Joe Biden mentioned that early data suggests it might not have been attributable to a missile fired from Russia.

Biden known as an emergency assembly with world leaders gathered for the G20 assembly in Bali, Indonesia, after a lethal explosion in Przewodow rocked japanese Poland.

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“There is preliminary information that contests that,” Biden informed reporters, reported Reuters. “I don’t want to say that until we completely investigate it but it is unlikely … that it was fired from Russia, but we’ll see.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy slammed Russia for the assault and decried “a really important escalation”. Russia has denied any involvement within the strike.

NATO ambassadors will meet right now on the request of Poland on the premise of NATO’s Article 4. According to Article 4 of NATO, members can increase any challenge of concern associated to the safety of a member nation. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg known as an emergency assembly of the alliance’s envoys to debate the occasions near the Ukrainian border in Poland.

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Nov 16, 2022