When the news broke yesterday that two people in Przewodów, Poland were killed when a missile (or actually two missiles) struck that country, everyone was immediately concerned over the possibility of.
When the news broke yesterday that two people in Przewodów, Poland were killed when a missile (or actually two missiles) struck that country, everyone was immediately concerned over the possibility of a vast escalation in the ongoing war. Poland rapidly summoned the Russian ambassador for a brief meeting “without handshakes or formalities.” I went on social media only half-jokingly asking if this meant we were now at war. But as the hours went by, doubts were quickly raised as to whether the Russians had really done this. President Biden was asked about it and he said it was “unlikely” that the strike was launched by Russia.
As more data was examined, the picture became increasingly clear, according to military analysts. So if the strike didn’t come from Russia, there’s really only one other suspect. The missiles clearly seemed to be Russian S-300 air defense missiles, but they sell those to everyone. (Including Turkey, sadly.) And the Ukrainians have and use them. Given the latest round of missile attacks on Ukraine by Russian forces, the general consensus seems to be that these were Ukrainian air defense weapons that missed their target and fell in Poland.
