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Two Russian missiles fell on the territory of Poland, NATO will hold emergency consultations
At the site of the explosion in the village of Pshevodov. Photo: radio.lublin.pl
Poland may initiate the application of Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty after Russian missiles hit by its territory. This article provides for consultations with the participation of all NATO allies if the safety of one of them was threatened. On November 16, emergency consultations at the ambassador level will begin in Brussels. President of Poland Andrzej Duda held telephone conversations with Joe Bayden, who was at the G20 summit at Bali - there was 5 in the morning at the time of the call. Duda also phoned the Secretary General of the Alliance by Jens Stoltenberg.
On November 15, at about 15:40 local time, two missiles fell in the village of Pshevodov of the Lublin Voivodeship of Poland near the border with Ukraine. Two people died. This was the first to report the Polish Radio Zet. Then the information was confirmed by the Associated Press in American intelligence. Officially, the Pentagon representative said that the information is being verified so far. The Polish authorities also have not yet confirmed that we are talking about Russian shelling: the Foreign Ministry said about the Russian -made missiles. The Polish side demanded explanations from Moscow. Duda told reporters that it is not yet possible to say unequivocally who launched rockets in the Polish village. He believes that we are talking about a "single" incident: "Nothing indicates that this will be repeated."
After a time meeting at Bali with the leaders of Canada, Britain, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy and Japan, Biden said that according to the results of the investigation, a “collective decision on further steps” would be made. According to him, preliminary data do not confirm that the missile of Byda is released from Russia: this is "unlikely based on the path." At the same time, the US President emphasized that the investigation should wait.
The Polsat News correspondent in Ukraine Mateush Lakhovsky said with reference to experts who evaluated the fragments of missiles that X-101 cruise missiles had fallen in Pshevovo.
The Radio Lublin radio station reported that in Pshevodvo at about 15:40 on the loading weights, where tractors with cargoes call, a tractor suddenly exploded on the scales.
ViceGrad 24 reports that fighters have been lifted into the air from the Polish Air Force airfield. The army and the prosecutor's office arrived at the farm in Pshevoadovo.
Prime Minister Mateusz Moravetsky urgently convened a meeting of the Committee of the Council of Ministers for National Security and Defense. At its end, the spawksman of the government and the Minister of Defense did not answer questions, but only made a short message: it was decided to increase the combat readiness of certain military units and units of power structures. The government also studies the existence of grounds for entering the 4th article of the North Atlantic Treaty.
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will talk to the head of the Ministry of National Defense Mariush Blashcac, CNN reports with reference to European and American military officials.
Polish military expert Yaroslav Volsky published photos of rocket wreckers. He suggested two versions of what happened - either it was a "lost" Russian missile, or a missile of Ukrainian air defense, which did not work as a self -liquidator. "Both options are equally possible, but the nature of the funnel and the absence of traces of fragments on the tractor and trailer indicate [option] No. 1," Writer wrote.
Video from the scene of the explosion:
"The statements of the Polish media and officials about the alleged fall of the" Russian "missiles in the area of the village of Pshevodov is a deliberate provocation for the escalating of the situation. No hit on targets near the Ukrainian -Polish state border were affected by Russian means of defeat," the Russian Ministry of Defense said .
“We study the messages related to the explosion in Poland, and are closely coordinated with our ally of Poland,” the European Truth quotes the commentary of the representative of NATO.
Russia produced 90 missiles in the Ukrainian territory. 70 of them shot down Ukrainian air defense. Blows were inflicted on 15 energy infrastructure facilities, in Kyiv, rockets hit three residential buildings. In total, 30 objects were damaged. One person died, six people were injured.
President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky said that "what we had warned for a long time." "Terror is not limited to our state borders. Russian missiles hit Poland. How many times Ukraine said that the terrorist state will not limit yourself to our country? It’s a very significant escalation to hit the NATO missiles on the territory of NATO. This is a very significant escalation. The president assured that Ukraine will always support Poland.