Poland army on high alert after Russian-made missile kills two
Warsaw put its military on high alert after an emergency National Security Council meeting
A Russian-made missile killed two people in Poland on Tuesday, Warsaw said, as it put its military on high alert in a potentially major escalation of the war in Ukraine.
The explosions came after Russian missiles struck cities across Ukraine, including Lviv near the border with Poland, on Tuesday. Zelensky said the attacks cut power to about 10 million people, although it was later restored for 8 million people, and also triggered automatic shutdowns at two nuclear power plants.
He said Russia fired 85 missiles at energy facilities across the country, condemning the attacks as an “act of genocide” and “a cynical slap in the face” of the G20.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said earlier that two Russian missiles had hit Poland, which he described as “a very significant escalation”.
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Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba dismissed as a “conspiracy theory” the idea that the Poland explosion could have been caused by surface-to-air missiles fired by Kyiv’s military, while Russia’s Defense Ministry denied those. dismissed reports that it was to blame as a “provocation”. ,
Biden also spoke with NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg about the explosion in Poland, while ambassadors from the alliance were to hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday.
The incident drew widespread condemnation, with EU chief Charles Michel saying he was “shocked” and French President Emmanuel Macron calling for dialogue at the ongoing G20 summit in Indonesia.
The White House said US President Joe Biden spoke by phone with his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda, offering “full US support and assistance to Poland’s investigation”.
Poland is protected by NATO’s commitment to collective defense – enshrined in Article 5 of its founding treaty – but the alliance’s response will be greatly influenced by whether the incident was accidental or intentional.
Warsaw said the missile killed two people in the village of Prezvodo, but there was no conclusive evidence on who fired it, adding that Moscow’s ambassador had been summoned to provide an “urgent detailed explanation”.
Warsaw put its military on high alert following an emergency National Security Council meeting. “It has been decided to raise the preparedness status of some combat units and other uniformed services,” spokesman Piotr Müller told reporters.
Poland army on high alert after Russian-made missile kills two
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