He believes that there is now even more pressure in NATO countries to support Ukraine.
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On Tuesday, NATO country Poland has flown Russian missiles towards Poland, says the US intelligence official. Two people are reported to have died. A spokesman for the Polish government did not confirm the information to the AP news agency.
Major General evp Pekka Toveri believes it is probably an accident. According to him, it could be, for example, a technical fault in the equipment. He believes that the reason for this is that the missile equipment currently used by Russia is old.
– Russia has already used most of its better newer missile equipment and now they are using older missile equipment, which is more unreliable and less accurate, he says.
Today, Russia attacked Ukraine with more than 80 missiles. According to Polish media, the missiles hit the village of Przewodów, which is located near the Ukrainian border.
According to him, it is a significantly more serious situation if the missiles have killed two Polish civilians.
According to him, the way Russia behaves in the situation also has an impact.
If Russia admits that it is their mistake, apologizes and offers compensation, it can be taken even less seriously, says Toveri.
– But if the Russians, in their typical way, deny everything, then there will certainly be a rather blunt attitude from Poland and NATO to this matter, he says.
According to the comrade, the situation will certainly raise emotions in Poland and the country’s defense readiness can be increased. The comrade believes that this will increase the pressure on NATO countries to support Ukraine even more.
He believes that what has happened will also raise a discussion within NATO about how to increase the readiness to bring a deterrent capability to the border of NATO countries, if missiles go astray.
The Russian Ministry of Defense commented on the situation by claiming that the statements about Russian missiles hitting Poland are a deliberate provocation.
Aaltola: Completely reckless
Director of the Foreign Policy Institute Mika Aaltola characterizes the missiles that hit Poland on Twitter as “completely reckless from Russia”.
Aaltola writes that the provocation will test Poland and he believes that what happened will increase the desire to expand support for Ukraine. According to him, it is still unclear how negligent the act was.
– If intentional, the expected value is the continuation of possible attacks. Russia has been threatening attacks all along, Aaltola writes.
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