The Government of Warsaw will inform the NATO allies on Wednesday that the missile that hit Polish territory on Tuesday was fired by the Ukrainian army, a diplomatic source explained to the Spanish news agency EFE.
According to the same source, who requested anonymity, Warsaw will therefore not invoke Article IV of the North Atlantic Treaty before the allies, which provides for consultations between the partners when “territorial integrity, political independence or security are threatened”. . party”.
Earlier, Russia said Tuesday’s strikes only reached Ukrainian territory, adding that the missile that exploded on Polish territory was fired by a defense system in kyiv.
“We want to underline that the high-precision strikes (on Tuesday) were carried out only against the territory of Ukraine, at a distance of more than 35 kilometers from the border with Poland,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
The incident in Poland is being investigated by NATO, since it occurred on the territory of one of the countries of the Atlantic Alliance.
On Tuesday, shortly after the incident became known, the Ukrainian head of state assured that the explosion in Poland was caused by Russian missiles.
“What we have been warning for a long time has happened. Terror is not limited to our national borders. Russian missiles hit Poland,” the Ukrainian president said then.
Poland called an emergency meeting with NATO allies after announcing that a “Russian-made projectile” had landed on Polish territory near the Ukrainian border, killing two people.
Source: TSF
