Poland will notify NATO that the missile that fell on its territory was Ukrainian and will not invoke the treaty

The government of Poland will communicate this Wednesday to its NATO partners that the missile that hit its territory on Tuesday and caused two deaths was shot by the Ukrainian army, a European diplomatic source told EFE.

According to the source, who requested anonymity, Warsaw will ultimately not call on its Alliance partners Article IV of the treaty North Atlantic who provides advice between allies when “the territorial integrity, political independence or security of one of the Parties is threatened”.

The Polish executive has already contacted its NATO allies for confirm this information, according to which it was a Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile that deviated from its trajectory.

Already in an appearance before the press last morning, the Polish president, Andrzej Duda, declared that what happened “it is unlikely to happen again” and that it is not the beginning of an organized or intentional attack.

Some forces of the Polish Army and other security forces have been placed in the country on high alert And in a message on Wednesday, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said “selected air defense systems and military units, both land forces and the navy, are on high alert”.

“The Polish army is monitoring the situation. We are in constant contact with our allies”, concludes the minister’s statement.

After recording an explosion produced by a missile in the Polish town of Przewodow (east), a few kilometers from the border with Ukraine, which caused the death of two people, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki appeared before the press on Tuesday night to Ask your compatriots for peace.

Y warned against the proliferation of fake news, provocations and disinformation “which only benefit Russia”.

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