NATO says no evidence of 'deliberate attack' in deadly Poland incident near Ukraine border

NATO ambassadors held an emergency meeting on Wednesday to discuss a missile that hit Poland close to the Ukrainian border and killed two people, with at least two alliance members calling for steps to strengthen air defence on the military alliance's eastern wing, SIA refers to foreign media.

The Brussels gathering was chaired by Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who later told the media there was "no indication that this was the result of a deliberate attack." There was no evidence that Russia had launched an offensive attack on a NATO member, he added.

Stoltenberg said it appeared that the missile that landed on a grains facility in Poland was a Ukrainian air defence missile. That echoed what U.S. President Joe Biden earlier told G7 and NATO partners.

Poland said it was still analyzing the possibility of launching NATO's Article 4 procedure, but Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki admitted on Wednesday it may not be necessary. President Andrzej Duda, speaking at the same press conference in Warsaw, said there were no signs of an intentional attack on Poland and that the rocket was probably used by Ukrainian air defence.

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