No es lo mismo un ataque deliberado que un accidente. Claro que hay diferencias. Ayer se lanzaron un centenar de misiles rusos dirigidos a infraestructuras energéticas y el pasado 10 de octubre, si no me equivoco también se lanzaron 80 y tantos. El misil ese S300 es utilizado como defensa antiaérea.
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Poland Missile Strike May Have Come From Ukraine Self-Defense: US Officials
Update (0017ET): The missile that struck Poland
may have been fired by Ukrainian forces at an incoming Russian missile,
AP reports, citing three unidentified US officials.
[K]ey questions around the circumstances of the missile launch remained amid the confusion caused by a blistering series of Russian airstrikes across the nearby border in Ukraine, none larger than who fired it. Russia denied any involvement in the Poland blast.
Three U.S. officials said preliminary assessments suggested the missile was fired by Ukrainian forces at an incoming Russian one amid the crushing salvo against Ukraine’s electrical infrastructure Tuesday. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly. -AP
The
Associated Press also points out that the above assessment, in addition to President Biden's comments that it was "unlikely" the missile was fired from Russia,
contradicts information earlier Tuesday from a senior US intelligence official who told AP "that Russian missiles crossed into Poland."
Update (2100ET): So much for Russia almost starting World War 3 (even if under the guise of a false flag). As we noted earlier (see below), even pro-Ukraine accounts noted that the S-300 SAM that fell in Poland was a Ukrainian one. And while Biden will never admit that Ukraine nearly started war with Poland (as much as the deep state via its AP connections or the Ukraine president would have wanted Russia to get the blame), moments ago Biden explicitly said that based on preliminary information,
it is "unlikely" that the rocket strike in Poland originated in Russia. Oops.
“There is plenty of information to contest that. I don’t want to say until we completely investigate. It’s unlikely in the minds of [sic] the trajectory that it was fired from Russia. But we’ll see."
So if it was not fired by Russia, where was it fired from?
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Here are the highlights from Biden's briefing:
- Says he briefed NATO, G7 members on his talks with Poland
- Leaders have agreed to support investing to figure out exactly what happened
- Leaders will then determine next steps after finding out what ahppened
- Russia continues to escalate its attacks in Ukraine
- There is preliminary information that contests whether Poland incident was due to a missile fired from Russia
- Based on the trajectory its unlikely the missile was fired from Russia
And with that Ukraine, and its western sponsors, will be busy for the next few hours de-escalating and memory-holing events from today which nearly sparked NATO to trigger Article 5 and launch a nuclear war against Russia.
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Update(1920ET): Polish President Andrzej Duda is seeking to calm the public, and has issued a statement saying there's as yet
no definite evidence of who fired missile that fell in Poland. But he did say that a state of heightened readiness has been introduced for all Polish services, including the police, firefighters, border guards, according to breaking international reports.
Duda further said the military is increasing the monitoring of national airspace as investigators are still working to establish the causes of the explosion. He urged all Poles to remain. He added that
"there are no indications that today's incident would be repeated."
Earlier Warsaw announced a "Russia made" missile landed on the border village of Przewodów, and Poland's Foreign Ministry said it has summoned the Russian ambassador for a meeting. However, it should be noted that Ukraine's anti-air defense arsenal has always been "Russia made" - especially its S-300 systems. Poland's statement is interesting in that it did not say "Russia launched" missile, leaving the question of the missile's origins open.
All of the above points in the direction that this was actually
a projectile fired by Ukraine, as some of our coverage below suggested.
Update(1715ET): Despite the alarmist talk all afternoon that NATO could invoke the Article 5 collective defense treaty over the alleged Russian rocket attack on a border town, the result of the Polish government national security emergency meeting is going in the opposite direction, and it seems there won't be escalation today.
Polish govt spokesman Piotr Mueller said Poland
has agreed to "increase its military readiness" - though crucially still admitted "
It was not clear what caused the explosion in the southeastern town of Hrubieszów." Russia has vehemently denied it was behind the explosions which killed two people. So instead of Article 5, Warsaw is merely talking the much
lesser known Article 4. Article 4 requires "consultations" when a NATO member is threatened.
NATO AMASSADORS TO MEET ON WEDNESDAY AT REQUEST OF POLAND ON BASIS OF ALLIANCE'S ARTICLE 4 - TWO EUROPEAN DIPLOMATS SAY
"A moment ago it was decided to increase the readiness of some military units in Poland and other uniformed services," Mueller told reporters in a press briefing. Across Ukraine and as far west as Lviv, Russian airstrikes pummeled Ukraine's energy infrastructure on Tuesday.
The Hill reports after a terrifying day for Ukraine, "Russia’s widespread missile attack on Ukraine – firing what Zelensky said was 90 missiles – was aimed primarily at the country’s electrical infrastructure following an embarrassing Kremlin retreat from the key Ukrainian city of Kherson."
It is entirely possible that amid this large barrage of rockets, which also triggered Ukraine's anti-air defense measures, an errant projectile strayed into NATO member Poland's territory. Polish Senate Advisor Marcin Zaborowski said late in the day that
if indeed it was accidental, Moscow should immediately apologize. So far the Kremlin has denounced the reports as a "deliberate provocation" - suggesting that Ukraine's backers are seeking to draw NATO into escalation.