The Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, assured this Friday that the Atlantic Alliance “will continue to be vigilant”, after Poland reported that “everything indicates” that a Russian missile crossed part of its territory this morning.
“I spoke with the president [polaco], Andrzej Duda, on the missile incident in Poland. The North Atlantic Treaty Alliance [NATO] stands in solidarity with this valuable ally of ours, is following the situation and we will remain in contact while the facts are clarified. NATO will remain alert,” wrote Jens Stoltenberg on the social network X (formerly Twitter).
The Polish armed forces reported that an unidentified object entered the country’s airspace this morning, heading towards Ukraine, disappearing from radar, and that it was believed to be a Russian missile.
“Everything indicates that a Russian missile entered Polish airspace. It was monitored by us through radars and left the airspace. We have confirmation of this on radars and from allies” in NATO, said the head of the forces. Polish Armed Forces, General Wieslaw Kukula.
Source: TSF