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Two Killed As Russian Missiles Cross Into Poland During Attack On Ukraine
Two people have been killed as Russian missiles crossed into Poland.
Eko Hot Blog reports that Russian missiles killed two people in Poland, according to a senior US intelligence official, who spoke with the AP news agency.
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Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has called an urgent meeting to discuss national security, a government spokesman said on Twitter.
State news agency PAP said the meeting was to be held at 9pm.
Latvia’s deputy prime minister, Artis Pabriks, said Moscow had fired missiles that landed in Poland and sent the country his condolences.
The US Pentagon, however, said it could not confirm that Russian missiles had crossed into Poland.
Polish media reported that missiles hit an area where grain was drying in Przewodow, a village in eastern Poland near the border with Ukraine.
Russia launched a wave of missiles at Ukraine on Tuesday, knocking out power for seven million households.
Windows of an apartment building are illuminated during a blackout in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022. (Photo: AP/Andrew Kravchenko)
Some of the missiles hit Lviv in western Ukraine, which is only about 50 miles from the Polish border.
It is unclear whether the two missiles that apparently landed in Poland were part of the same wave, but it is the first time Russian rockets are said to have reached Poland.
The incident has raised tensions across the world considering Poland is a NATO member.
NATO Article 5 provides that if a NATO ally is the victim of an armed attack, each and every other member of the alliance will consider this act of violence as an armed attack against all members and will take the actions it deems necessary to assist the ally attacked.
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Poland has not been involved in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, but has welcomed millions of Ukrainian refugees and has notably condemned the war.
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