The Prime Minister of Poland, Mateusz Morawiecki, urgently summoned the National Security Commission on Tuesday after local media reported that at least two people died in the town of Przewodow, near the border with Ukraine, after the possible impact of two rockets, while Russia, identified as responsible, called the accusation “deliberate provocation”.
According to unofficial information from the local radio station Radio ZET, the missiles could have hit grain dryers in Przewodow, in the province of Lublin.
Agents of the Police, the Prosecutor’s Office and the Polish Army are already at the scene, the Europa Press news agency reported.
Shortly before, Marcin Lebiedowicz, spokesman for the Hrubieszow Fire Brigade, some 35 kilometers north of Przewodow, confirmed that the town had been the scene of explosions, the causes of which are still unknown.
“We have received a notification of an explosion in the drying yard. In fact, as soon as we arrived, we confirmed that something like this happened. Two people died on the spot. At the moment we are securing the scene and lighting the area of action,” explained to Radio Lublin.
Within the framework of this incident, Prime Minister Morawiecki convened the National Security and Defense Committee of the Council of Ministers of an extraordinary nature, according to the government spokesman, Piotr Muller, on Twitter.
Morawiecki convened an extraordinary meeting of the National Security and Defense Committee of the Council of Ministers, reported the government spokesman, Piotr Muller, on Twitter.
The government was also holding consultations with its NATO and European Union (EU) partners, diplomatic sources reported, according to the Europa Press news agency.
“It is crucial to check the incident very carefully”they pointed.
Russia called the accusation a “provocation”
Russia described on Tuesday as “provocations” the reports that Russian missiles had fallen in Poland, a NATO member country and a neighbor of Ukraine.
“The statements by the Polish media and official officials about an alleged fall of Russian missiles near the town of Przewodow are an intentional provocation seeking to escalate the situation,” the Russian Defense Ministry said on Telegram.
The US is investigating the incident.
For its part, the United States Department of Defense said it is investigating information about possible Russian missiles fallen in Poland, the AFP news agency said.
The Pentagon said it cannot confirm that two Russian missiles landed in Poland.a member of NATO, but which is investigating the information reported by the media.
“We are aware of press reports that two Russian missiles hit either the interior of Poland or the border with Ukraine,” Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder said.
“At this time we have no corroborating information that there was a missile attack,” Ryder told reporters, adding that the Pentagon is “investigating further.”
Reactions in neighboring countries
The chancellery of Estonia He noted that the situation was of “maximum concern” and stressed that there were consultations with Warsaw and other allies.
“Estonia is ready to defend every inch of NATO territory, we stand in solidarity with Poland,” he said in a statement.
Meanwhile, the Prime Minister of HungaryViktor Orbán, convened the Defense Council after the information released by the Polish media.
“In response to the cessation of the transfer of oil through the Druzhba pipeline and the impact of the missile on Polish territory, Viktor Orbán has convened the Hungarian Defense Council at 8:00 p.m. (local time),” said government spokesman Zoltan. Kovavs, on Twitter.
The incident occurred on a day in which Russia launched a new wave of attacks on the western territory of Ukraine. kyiv, Lviv and many other cities were the scene of Russian offensives, whose main objective was energy infrastructure.
