BREAKING: Russian Missiles Fired Into NATO Member Poland, Killing Two, Report Says

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By Ryan Saavedra - The Daily Wire


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Russia reportedly fired missiles Tuesday into Poland, a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), killing two people and sparking fears of what kind of response the incident could elicit from NATO.

The Associated Press’ report, which came from information it received from a senior U.S. official, said that the missile strikes came as Russia was targeting Ukrainian energy facilities across the country with “its biggest barrage of missiles yet.”

The report said that the Polish government did not immediately confirm the report.

The Department of Defense said at a press conference that they could not confirm the report.

“We are aware of the press reports alleging that two Russian missiles have struck a location inside Poland near the Ukraine border,” Pentagon spokesperson Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder said. “I can tell you that we don’t have any information at this time to corroborate those reports and are looking into this further.”

Ryder added, “When it comes to our security commitments and Article 5, we’ve been crystal clear that we will defend every inch of NATO territory.”

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uh oh

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[Teh One Who Knocks]

By Caitlin McFall | Fox News


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Poland’s President Andrzej Duda said Wednesday that there is an "indication" the missile that landed in Polish territory and killed two was an "air defense missile."

"There is no indication that this was an intentional attack on Poland," he said. "There are many indications that it was an air defense missile that unfortunately fell on Polish territory."

Duda said the missile was most likely a Russian-made S-300 rocket but added that officials have "no proof at the moment that it was a missile fired by the Russian side."

The Polish president’s comments are the most definitive yet issued by a NATO leader after President Biden on Tuesday told reporters that it was "unlikely" that Russia fired the missile.

"There is preliminary information that contests that. I don't want to say that until we completely investigate – It's unlikely in the minds of the trajectory that it was fired from Russia," Biden said. "But we'll see."

Biden vowed to "make sure we find out exactly what happened."

The missile came down Tuesday on the Polish-Ukrainian border and landed in the village of Przewodów around 3:40 p.m.

Three anonymous U.S. officials told the Associated Press that preliminary assessments suggested the missile was fired by Ukrainian forces at an incoming Russian one.

One official first told the publication that Russian missiles crossed into NATO territory before crashing into Poland’s eastern countryside.

NATO officials scrambled to investigate what happened and on Wednesday the Kremlin denounced Poland’s and other countries’ reaction to the incident as "hysterical."

Though in rare praise for the U.S., Russia championed the "restrained and much more professional" reaction of the U.S.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg also confirmed Wednesday that the missile that hit Poland was likely a Ukrainian air defense missile.

"This is not Ukraine's fault," he told reporters. "Russia bears reasonability for what happened yesterday because this is a direct result for the ongoing war."

"Ukraine has the right to shoot down those missiles that target Ukrainian cities," he added.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Who else would have fired it?

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https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/16/nato-says-poland-missile-strike-was-not-deliberate-or-ukraines-fault.html

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