THE WORLD HOLDS ITS BREATH AS NATO CONSIDER ACTION AFTER RUSSIA APPEAR TO BOMB POLAND

 

The world holds its breath: Western leaders scramble to avoid dragging NATO into direct conflict with Putin as US says missile that hit Poland, killing two, may have been fired by Ukraine and Russia warns 'we move closer to WW3'

• World leaders are today scrambling to work out exactly what happened after a missile struck eastern Poland overnight and killed two people, sparking fears NATO could be drawn into the war in Ukraine 
• Polish President Andrzej Duda said missile appears to be 'Russian-made', but that leaves open the possibility it was a Soviet-era munition fired by Ukrainian air defence 
• Joe Biden said it does not appear the missile was fired 'from Russia', but that does not rule out the possibility it was fired by Russian aircraft operating outside the country's borders 
• NATO ambassadors expected to meet today as Poland said it is considering triggering NATO Article 4 

• World leaders are today scrambling to clarify what happened after a missile hit NATO-member Poland and killed two people, sparking fears the alliance could be drawn into the Ukraine war and a direct confrontation with Russia.

  Polish President Andrzej Duda said early Wednesday that he has no concrete evidence of who fired the missile, but overnight described it as 'Russian-made'. That leaves open the possibility it was fired by Ukrainian air defence which uses Soviet-era weapons. Poland's military is on high alert, with the security council due to meet today.

  Meanwhile Joe Biden, speaking after an emergency meeting of NATO leaders at the G20 summit in Indonesia, said it appears the missile was not fired 'from Russia', which does not rule out the possibility that it was fired by Russian aircraft outside the country. A NATO source said Biden had told world leaders it was a Ukrainian missile.

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