NATO vs Russia: The missile that killed two people in Poland may not have come from Russia

A missile that killed two people in Poland was probably not fired from Russia, US President Joe Biden says after speaking with leaders of Western allies over fears the Ukraine conflict could escalate into a war much larger involving the transatlantic military alliance, NATO and Russia.

The Tuesday, November 15 missile explosion at a grain facility near the Ukrainian border came as Russia launched a wave of missiles targeting Ukrainian energy infrastructure, attacks that Kyiv said were the heaviest in almost nine months of war.

The Polish Foreign Ministry said the rocket fell on Przewodow, a village about 6 km (4 miles) from the border with Ukraine, but according to US officials, initial findings suggest the missile which hit hit Poland was fired by Ukrainian forces at an incoming Russian missile. .

Polish President Andrzej Duda also told reporters earlier that it was “most likely a Russian-made missile”, but there was no concrete evidence of who fired it, and the incident was unique.

Following initial allegations that the missiles were fired from Russia, a move that could trigger NATO’s Article 5, the Russian Defense Ministry denied that any Russian missiles hit Polish territory, describing the information as “a deliberate provocation aimed at aggravating the situation”. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he had no information about an explosion in Poland.

“There is an attempt to provoke a direct military confrontation between NATO and Russia, with all the consequences for the world,” Dmitry Polyansky, head of Russia’s permanent mission to the United Nations, said on his channel. Telegram.

Biden called a meeting of several leaders gathered in Bali, Indonesia, for a G20 summit to discuss the incident. Leaders from NATO member countries Germany, Canada, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, France and Britain attended, as well as non-member Japan NATO and representatives of the European Union.

When asked if it was too early to tell if the missile was fired from Russia, Biden replied:

“There’s preliminary information that disputes that. I don’t want to say that until we fully investigate it, but it’s unlikely within the trajectory lines that it was fired from Russia, but we will see.”

“The United States and NATO countries would thoroughly investigate before acting,” Biden said.

NATO ambassadors are expected to meet later on Wednesday.