By JOHN LEICESTER and JAMES LAPORTA
“KYIV, Ukraine (AP) —
Poland said early Wednesday that a Russian-made missile fell in the eastern
part of the country, killing two people in a blast that marked the first time
since the invasion of Ukraine that Russian weapons came down on a NATO country.
Ukrainian President
Volodymr Zelenskyy decried the strike as “a very significant escalation” of the
war.
Polish Prime Minister
Mateusz Morawiecki said the government was investigating and raising its
military preparedness.
A statement from the
Polish Foreign Ministry identified the missile as being made in Russia. But
President Andrzej Duda was more cautious about its origin, saying that
officials did not know for sure who fired it or where it was made. He said it
was “most probably” Russian-made but that is being still verified.
“We are acting with
calm,” Duda said. “This is a difficult situation.”
Meanwhile, NATO
Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called an emergency meeting for later in the
day of the alliance’s envoys to discuss the events close to the Ukrainian
border in Poland.
The U.N. Security
Council also planned to meet Wednesday for a previously scheduled briefing on
the situation in Ukraine. The strike in Poland was certain to be raised.”
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