Two missiles fell on the territory of Poland. People died

Two missiles fell on an agricultural farm on the territory of Poland after Russia inflicted massive missile strikes in Ukraine. Two people died. Which country belonged to these missiles, it was definitely not established. The Russian Ministry of Defense denies involvement in the explosion and calls it a deliberate provocation in order to escalate the situation. "North. Realiy says that it is known about explosions in Poland.

What's happened

According to Radio Lublin, the explosions occurred at about 15:40 local time (at 17:40 Moscow time) on a grain -dryer in the village of Pshevodov five kilometers from the border with Ukraine. Polish rescuers officially reported an explosion in Pshevodvo, but did not call it the reason. Two people died.

In social networks, video from the place of alleged fall of missiles were published.

Later, information about the fall of missiles was confirmed by the representative of the Polish government Peter Miller.

On November 15, Russia inflicted one of the largest missile strikes from the beginning of the war in Ukraine. About 100 missiles were released. Including strikes were struck on targets in the border with Poland of the Lviv region.

As a result of the blow, about 7 million households were left without light, the office of the President of Ukraine said. One person died, six wounded. The damage caused approximately 30 objects, including critical infrastructure, follows from an interview with the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Denis Monastyrsky by the National Telemarathon.

The reaction of Poland

The country's Prime Minister Mateusz Moravetsky convened an urgent meeting of the Committee of the Government on Security and Defense, the Polish Air Force raised fighters from the Tomashuv-Lubelsky airfield. The army and the prosecutor were sent to the place. In some military units of Poland, combat readiness is increased, the Polish government said .

The Polish authorities of Polish, presumably Russian missiles in the country, first did not comment on. The official representative of the government Peter Müller called on the media "not to publish unconfirmed information."

Later, during an emergency appeal to the population, President of Poland Andrzej Duda said that a rocket had fallen in the border area, most likely, Russian production. "We do not have any comprehensive evidence of who exactly released this missile. The investigation is still ongoing," said Duda.

According to him, Poland is likely to use Article 4 of the NATO Charter, at an emergency meeting of the member countries of the Alliance on Wednesday 16. This article involves the beginning of consultations within NATO if one of the participating countries is in danger.

The Poland Foreign Ministry said that a Russian -made missile fell on the territory of Poland. A Russian ambassador was called, from which they require detailed explanations.

The Polish media quote various military analysts who consider it possible versions of what happened or the Russian winged rocket (possibly lost from the course), or the fall of the Ukrainian anti -aircraft missile, or the drop in the fragments of Russian missiles shot down by Ukrainian air defense. The journalist of the Polsat News publication in Ukraine, Mateush Lakhovsky, wrote that the wreckage found in Pshevodvo is parts of the X -101 Russian cruise missile. These missiles were used to apply a massive missile strike in Ukraine, the Agency noticed .

What said the Ministry of Defense of Russia

The Russian Ministry of Defense denies the involvement of the Russian military in missile strikes on Poland. The department states that messages of the Polish media and officials about the affiliation of rockets of Russia are "a provocation in order to escalate the situation." The Ministry of Defense also claims that it did not inflict any blows to targets near the Ukrainian-Polish state border, and the photos of debris are not related to Russian means of defeat.

The First Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia at the UN Dmitry Polyansky said that "the incident in Poland is an attempt to provoke a direct military clash of Russia and NATO"

According to him, this incident in Poland will be discussed at a meeting of the UN Security Council on November 16.

The position of Ukraine

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky claims that the missiles were Russian.

“We must put the terrorist in place! The longer Russia feels impunity, the more threats to everyone they can reach Russian missiles. Beat the NATO missiles ... This is a Russian missile impact on collective security! This is a very significant escalation. We must act,” the President of Ukraine said .

The Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba has already made a denial of the version that the rocket could be Ukrainian.

US reaction

US President Joe Biden said that, most likely, the missiles were launched not from the territory of Russia. “I don’t want to say this before we conduct a complete investigation, but from the point of view of its trajectory, it is unlikely that it was released from Russia, but let's see,” Biden said, adding that the leaders of the leading world powers will determine further steps after the full investigation of the incident.

A senior representative of American intelligence told Associated Press that Russian missiles allegedly had fallen on the territory of Poland. The same agency reported that three US official representatives anonymously stated that the rocket exploded in Poland could be released by Ukrainian troops towards the Russian missile approaching.

CNN, citing a source in NATO, reports that the alliance plane flying over Poland on November 15 tracked the missile flight path. The military transferred the data to the authorities of Poland.

The reaction of the alliance countries to the fall of missiles in Poland

Poland enters NATO. The principle of collective defense of the Alliance implies that the attack on one of the members will be considered as an attack on all members of the alliance.

In Brussels , they said that the NATO reaction to the fall of missiles would depend on the statements of Warsaw about their belonging. The headquarters of the alliance expect Poland to turn to NATO "with a request for consultations."

Information about the missiles that fell on Poland was commented on on Twitter, the Minister of Defense of Latvia Artis Pabriks, who expressed condolences to Warsaw.

"My condolences to our Polish brothers in arms. The criminal Russian regime released missiles that are aimed not only at the civilian population of Ukraine, but also fell into the territory of NATO in Poland. Latvia fully supports Polish friends and condemns this crime," wrote Pabrix on Twitter.

Hungary also urgently convened a security council. The reason was the decline in missiles on the territory of Poland, and the stop of the Druzhba oil pipeline, said the official representative of the Hungarian government, Zoltan Kovach. "Friendship" is the largest Russian pipeline that supplies oil to Europe. It passes, including through Ukraine, Poland and Hungary. After the Security Council, the Minister of Defense of Hungary said that in the situation with Poland, "there is no need for any steps yet." The country's authorities are waiting for data from Warsaw.

Estonia was also reacted to the fall of missiles: "Estonia is ready to protect every centimeter of the NATO territory. We are completely in solidarity with our close ally of Poland," the statement said.

The head of the Ministry of Defense of Slovakia said that Russia should explain what happened. “It is very concerned about the decline in Russian missiles to Poland. Russia should explain what happened. The meaningless attacks on the infrastructure should be immediately discontinued. Russia's recklessness gets out of control. I will closely contact the Poland Ministry of Defense and allies to coordinate NATO’s response,” the statement said.

The Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Peter Fial said that "if Poland confirms that the missiles have entered its territory, it will be a further escalation from Russia."

The French authorities reported that "are in contact" with NATO partners to check the reports of the fall of missiles.

Turkish President Recep Erdogan said that he considers Russia not involved in an incident with a rocket in Poland and advocated a detailed investigation into the incident (TASS)