Poland says no evidence of ‘deliberate attack’ with missile

Polish President Andrzej Duda said at a press conference today that the missile that fell on his country yesterday was an “unfortunate accident” and dismissed any signs that it was a “deliberate attack on Poland”.

“There is no indication that it was a missile fired by Russia, but there are many indications that it was an anti-aircraft missile that unfortunately crashed on Polish soil. There are many indications that the rocket did not explode, it just fell to the ground. maybe it was a fuel explosion but not a classic explosion.” he continued.

“It was probably a Russian-made S-300 rocket. We currently have no evidence that it was a Russian-launched missile.”

Polish Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki pointed out that the reaction of the NATO allies (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) showed that the country could “trust” the military group. “We are in an alliance that works”.

It is protected by Article 5 of the Polish Treaty. natoIt stipulates that if one of the Member States is the target of an armed attack, its partners will consider the act an armed attack against the group and will take the measures they deem necessary to assist the attacked country.

Earlier, Duda had already thought there was no “conclusive proof” of who fired the missile, although he said the artifact was “probably Russian-made”. Russia denied the allegations.

Following the news, US President Joe Biden announced yesterday that it is “unlikely” that the missile could be fired directly from Russia due to the trajectory of the missile.

“I will make sure we know exactly what happened, and then we will collectively determine the next step,” he said in a press release on the Indonesian island of Bali, where the UN summit was held. G20.

Biden met with the leaders of the allied countries in an emergency in Bali to discuss the situation and expressed solidarity with the Polish government.

At the close of the G20 meeting, “most member states strongly condemned the war in Ukraine”. The group also said that the conflict “has had a further negative impact on the world economy”.

Poland raises military alert level

Government spokesman Piotr Müller announced that after an emergency meeting of the National Security Council, Poland had decided to “raise the alert level of some combat units”.

The explosion occurred in the town of Przewodow, a few kilometers from the Ukrainian border.

NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg tweeted that NATO is “monitoring the situation” and that “it is important to establish all the facts”.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that it was “absolutely necessary to prevent an escalation of the war in Ukraine” and called for an “in-depth” investigation into the missile that fell on Poland.

The country has received a wave of support from NATO countries, including messages from UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba categorically denied that his country launched a missile to provoke a NATO response. Earlier, “Russia supports a conspiracy theory that a Ukrainian air defense missile allegedly fell on Polish soil. This is not true.”