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A blast in eastern Poland rattled the international community this week, as many world leaders were gathered to meet at the G20 summit. The explosion, which both NATO and Poland now say was likely unintentional, hit a grain silo in the border town of Przewodow the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 15.
News of the explosion, which coincided with a Russian missile attack across Ukraine, quickly stirred up fears that the conflict was widening in scope. Despite initial suspicion that the missile that crossed Polish borders was of Russian origin, President Andrzej Duda said on Wednesday that early findings suggest it was in fact a Ukrainian air defense missile, which entered the country by mistake.
Despite the incident not being an intentional attack, it comes at a time when the international community is on edge about expansion of the war, raising questions around what it would have looked like were a different conclusion to be drawn. Here’s what you need to know about the fine print of global conflict.
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Article 5 of NATO ensures a collective defense, laying out the organization’s promise to defend one another against attack. The article essentially states that an attack against one member country signifies an attack against all member countries.
