Initial Polish and NATO assessments show that it was a Ukrainian air defense missile that went down four miles from the border in the Polish town of Przewodow.
Both the North Atlantic alliance, in Brussels, and the Polish government, in Warsaw, noted that “nothing indicates” that there was an “intentional attack against Poland” and acknowledged that “it is very likely” that a Ukrainian air defense unit launched the attack. missile, identified as a Soviet-made S-300 that “mistakenly hit” a Polish farmhouse.
Many media outlets reported yesterday that Russia had fired the missile or missiles. Ukraine also blamed Russia, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky calling the explosion in Poland a “really significant escalation” in the war.
However, Russia denied firing missiles near the border shortly after initial reports were released, calling any statement to the contrary “deliberate provocation.”
They report the impact of two missiles in a town near the Polish-Ukrainian border
Although on Tuesday it launched about 100 missiles and an unknown number of drones against energy infrastructure in around fifteen Ukrainian cities, Russia had in fact nothing to do with the missile that landed in Poland.
“Our military experts unequivocally identified the missile fragments that were found in the town of Przewodow and whose photos were published in Poland. There is no doubt that they are remnants of a guided anti-aircraft missile from Ukraine’s S-300 system,” said General Igor Konashenkov.
