Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky has called the missile strike „a very significant escalation“ amid the ongoing war in his country.
Poland has said that a Russian-made missile landed on its territory near its border with Ukraine, killing two people, but the latest U.S. intelligence suggests that the strike was the result of a partial intercept of a Russian missile by a Ukrainian air defense system.
The missile fell in the NATO-member country on Tuesday at 3.40 p.m. local time outside Przewodów, a rural village located about four miles (6.4 kilometers) west of the Ukrainian border. This coincided with a barrage of Russian missile strikes across Ukraine, and came against the backdrop of the G-20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia.
It remains unclear who fired the missile, or where it was launched from, however, the incident has been decried by Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky as „a very significant escalation“ amid the ongoing war, which began after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine in February.
As Poland is a NATO member, the incident has sparked concerns that the conflict in Ukraine could escalate into a new world war.
Russia has so far denied any involvement in the Poland missile strike, while U.S. President Joe Biden told reporters in Bali, where he was meeting with G7 leaders, that there was „preliminary“ evidence to indicate that the projectile was not fired from Russia.
