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On the 15th of November, a ‘Russian-made’ missile crossed into Poland and killed two people. Poland is a NATO member, and this is the first time since the Russia-Ukraine war has begun, which has been some 9 months that another country or a NATO country has been directly hit.
Though some reports showed that the Russian-made missiles are most likely fired by Ukraine in defense against a Russian attack.
But it is still unclear who really fired the missile.
The United States President, Joe Biden said, “The United States and its Nato allies are probing the blast, but initial information suggests it may not have been caused by a missile fired from Russia.”
The United States and its allies have criticised Russia in the United Nations Security Council over its responsibility for a deadly missile strike in Poland, an event the UN’s political chief called “a frightening reminder of the absolute need to prevent any further escalation” of the nine-month-old war in Ukraine.
But Polish President Andrzej Duda said it was "highly probable" that the missile was launched by Ukrainian anti-aircraft defence.
"From the information that we and our allies have, it was an S-300 rocket made in the Soviet Union, an old rocket and there is no evidence that it was launched by the Russian side," he said.
Soon after the blast, the G-7 and Nato leaders held an emergency meeting during the G20 summit in Bali. The summit had deplored Ukraine’s war "in the strongest terms".
To ease fears so the war doesn’t widen, NATO and Poland are agreeing that the missile strike wasn’t probably Russian.
Although Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy continued to insist there was no doubt the missile was not Ukrainian.
Last week, Ukraine recaptured Kherson, the only major city to fall to Russia since it started its invasion in February. And in the east, a Ukrainian offensive launched in September has seen Kyiv's forces advance into Donestsk and Luhansk.