The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, confessed on Tuesday that she was “alarmed” by “reports of an explosion” in Poland that could have been caused by Russian missiles.
On von der Leyen’s Twitter it can be read that the European chief is “alarmed by reports of an explosion in Poland, following a massive Russian missile attack on Ukrainian cities.”
“I extend my condolences and my strongest message of support and solidarity to Poland and our Ukrainian friends,” he also writes.
A senior US intelligence official said today that Russian missiles landed on NATO member Poland in an incident that killed two people.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki urgently summoned the Polish National Security Commission following these reports, but the government spokesman urged the media not to publish “unconfirmed information”.
In reaction, the Russian Defense Ministry said today that reports of Russian missile launches in Poland are “a deliberate provocation to escalate the situation”, denying responsibility for the attack.
In a statement, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation added that the remains in the photographs published by various Western media “have nothing to do with Russian means of destruction.”
According to Polish media, two people died this afternoon after a shell hit an agricultural area in Przewodów, a Polish town near the border with Ukraine.
The police and the army are already present in the place, according to the media, which also reported that the firefighters confirmed the occurrence of explosions in that place, reported the Efe agency.
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia today fired “about” 100 missiles at electricity production infrastructure in several Ukrainian regions, causing power outages, in addition to also hitting residential areas and killing at least one person in the Ukrainian capital. , kyiv.
Source: TSF
