Russia-Ukraine war: Moscow assures that the missile that fell in Poland is Ukrainian and NATO met urgently

The Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday that the missile landed on Polish territory belongs to the Ukrainian arsenalaccording to Russian military specialists who analyzed the photographs of the shell fragments.

As Russian military spokesman Igor Konashenkov pointed out in his daily war piece, these are pieces of Ukrainian S-300 anti-aircraft defense missiles.

“The remains of the missile, found in the city of Przewodów and published in photographs in Poland (…) were unequivocally identified by specialists of the Russian military complex as elements of the Ukrainian S-300 guided anti-aircraft missile system,” the general said.

The Russian Defense Ministry insisted that Russia on Tuesday launched strikes against targets located “only on the territory of Ukraine and at a distance of more than 35 kilometers from the Ukrainian-Polish border”.

Konashenkov referred to Russia’s massive bombing of Ukraine’s “military command and control system and related energy facilities” the day before, insisting that “all” long-range, high-precision air- and sea ​​”have achieved exactly the designated objectives. “

Moscow then reiterated that the statements of various Ukrainian sources and foreign officials on the alleged Russian origin of the missile that fell in the Polish city of Przewodów “are a deliberate provocation to aggravate the situation”.

The President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelensky, insisted today that it was “Russian missiles that hit” a Polish farm yesterday.

The Russian Defense Ministry also denied today that it had carried out attacks with high-precision weapons against targets in Kyiv, where, according to the mayor of the Ukrainian capital, Vitali Klitschko, at least one person was killed by a missile that hit residential buildings.

“All the destruction shown by the Kiev regime in the residential areas of the Ukrainian capital is a direct consequence of the fall and self-destruction of anti-aircraft missiles fired by Ukrainian troops from Ukrainian and foreign air defense systems deployed within the city.” , according to Konashenkov.

According to Ukrainian authorities, yesterday Russia carried out the most massive airstrike against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure since the beginning of its offensive against the country, launching nearly 90 missiles and 10 kamikaze drones.

NATO emergency meeting

The ambassadors of the 30 NATO nations met today in an emergency in Brussels to discuss the conflict.

Belgium, in whose capital Nato is based, said today that according to the information available so far, the missile appears to have been launched by Ukraine’s anti-aircraft defences.

France and Germany have also been cautious, asking for “maximum caution” and not to draw “hasty conclusions” about the origin of the missile, the AFP news agency reported.

NATO chief spokesman Oana Lungescu described the explosion as a “tragic accident”.

Poland said yesterday evening that it was considering convening emergency consultations under Article 4 of NATO’s founding treaty, which provides for such talks if one of the 30 Allies believes its territory could be threatened.

The meeting in Brussels was convened after NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stressed yesterday evening the importance of “all established facts”.

With many key questions still unanswered, a statement of strong support for the Polish investigation into the incident looked like the most likely outcome of the emergency meeting, echoing a joint statement issued last night by NATO and G7 leaders.

“We offer our full support and assistance to the ongoing investigation in Poland. We agree to remain in close contact to determine appropriate next steps as the investigation progresses,” G7 leaders said, meeting on the sidelines of a G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia. .

“We reaffirm our firm commitment to stand by Ukraine and the Ukrainian people in the face of Russian aggression, as well as our continued willingness to hold Russia accountable for its blatant attacks on Ukrainian cities,” they added.

With information from EFE and Télam

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