Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has called an emergency meeting with national security and defense ministers amid reports of Russian missiles crossing into the NATO member’s territory. Russian missiles cross into NATO member Poland, AP reports citing US intelligence official Ukraine’s Zelenskyy and Latvia’s deputy PM accuses Russia of firing missiles into Poland NATO, White House and Pentagon say they are looking into the reports (…) NATO expected to hold meeting A NATO official told DW’s Teri Schultz in Brussels that officials were looking into the reports and consulting closely with Poland. Schultz reported it was highly likely there would be an Article 4 meeting at NATO in Brussels on Wednesday morning. Article 4 of the NATO treaty covers the case when a member state feels threatened by another country or a terrorist organization. The talks look at whether a threat exists and how to counter it, with decisions arrived at unanimously. Article 4 does not, however, mean that there will be direct pressure to act
via dw: Russian missiles reportedly cross into Poland
siehe auch: NATO ‘looking into’ reports Russian strike killed two in Poland. Smoke rises in the distance, amid reports of the two explosions, seen from Nowosiolki in Poland The NATO military alliance is “looking into” unconfirmed reports that Russian missiles may have struck eastern Poland, killing two people, and is working closely with the Polish government, an official said. “We are looking into these reports and closely coordinating with our ally Poland,” a NATO official said, on condition of anonymity. Two people have died in an explosion in Przewodow, a village in eastern Poland near the border with Ukraine, firefighters said. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has called an urgent meeting of a government committee for national security and defence affairs, the government spokesman said on Twitter. Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban has also convened a defence council meeting after the reports; ‘Russian missiles’ cross into NATO member Poland killing two Kyiv attacked with heaviest wave of missile strikes in nine months of war. Two people were killed in an explosion in Przewodow, a village in eastern Poland near the border with Ukraine, firefighters said on Tuesday. The Associated Press cited a senior US intelligence official as saying the blast was due to Russian missiles crossing into Poland. (…) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday night that it was Russian missiles that struck Poland and added that: “We have long warned that Russian actions would not be limited to Ukraine”; Mögliche fehlgeleitete Raketen Zwei Tote bei Explosion in Polen nahe ukrainischer Grenze – Krisensitzung der Regierung Sind fehlgeleitete russische Raketen auf polnischem Gebiet eingeschlagen? Bei Explosionen in einem Dorf nahe der ukrainischen Grenze wurden zwei Menschen getötet. Premierminister Morawiecki rief den nationalen Sicherheitsrat zusammen. Bei einer Explosion in Polen nahe der ukrainischen Grenze sind nach Angaben der Feuerwehr am Dienstag zwei Menschen ums Leben gekommen. »Feuerwehrleute sind vor Ort, es ist unklar, was geschehen ist«, sagte der diensthabende Beamte. Demzufolge ereignete sich die Detonation auf einem landwirtschaftlichen Betrieb. Der polnische Hörfunk-Sender ZET berichtete in diesem Zusammenhang, dass zwei verirrte Raketen in Przewodów eingeschlagen und dabei zwei Menschen ums Leben gekommen seien.