According to experts, Russian forces are too far from Poland to attack there with S-300 anti-aircraft missiles.
14:18•Updated 14:22
The missile that hit Poland on Tuesday was probably launched by Ukrainian anti-aircraft forces, Poland’s president said Andrzej Duda commented to the press today.
According to Duda, there is no evidence of a deliberate attack on Poland, but the event was probably an “unfortunate accident”.
Earlier on Wednesday, the President of the United States Joe Biden said he thought it unlikely that the missile had been launched from Russia.
According to the Polish president, an S-300 anti-aircraft missile was apparently used in the attack.
Both Ukraine and Russia use these missiles, but military experts say Russian forces are too far from Poland to carry their S-300 missiles there.
NATO negotiations are not necessarily needed
President Duda says that Poland is investigating the accident in cooperation with NATO. The member countries of the military alliance are currently holding an emergency meeting due to the events in Poland.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg according to preliminary findings suggesting that it was a missile launched by the Ukrainian air defense system.
According to Duda, it is possible that Poland will not invoke NATO’s Article 4 today and demand a military alliance because of the threat to the member country, as previously expected.
Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki according to the evidence accumulated throughout the day suggests that “the activation of Article 4 is not necessary, but this instrument is available to us.”.
Ukraine has denied that it fired the missile that landed in Poland and blamed Russia for the attack.
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