Impact in border area
Poland’s President Duda: Rocket “most likely” came from Ukrainian air defenses
Andrzej Duda, President of Poland, gives a press conference after the meeting of the Government Committee on National Defense
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The missile that killed two people in the Polish border village of Przewodow was “most likely” a missile from the Ukrainian air defense system, according to the president. Thus, there is “no indication” that the impact was a deliberate attack on the country.
According to President Andrzej Duda, the rocket hit in Poland’s border area with Ukraine was not a targeted attack on the NATO country. There is also no evidence that the missile was fired by Russia, but there is a high probability that it was a Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile, Duda said in Warsaw on Wednesday.
“Absolutely nothing” indicates a deliberate attack on Poland
“Nothing, absolutely nothing, indicates that it was a deliberate attack on Poland,” stressed Duda. “What happened, namely that a missile fell on our territory, was not a premeditated act. It was not a targeted missile aimed at Poland.” According to current knowledge, the anti-aircraft missile is a Russian-made S-300 made in the 1970s.
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According to the Polish government, a “Russian-made missile” hit the eastern Polish village of Przewodow six kilometers from the border on Tuesday. According to the fire department, two people were killed on a farm. In its war of aggression against Ukraine, Russia fired numerous rockets at the country on Tuesday.