The allies did not reveal details of their preliminary investigation.
But NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that the missile debris that fell in Poland on Tuesday is most likely linked to Ukrainian air defense fire seeking to intercept a Russian missile.
On Tuesday, a rain of fire targeted Ukraine.
A strike had hit Polish soil.
But “
the shooting did not have the characteristics of an attack
” against the allies, explained the secretary general.
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Thanks to their radar capabilities on the ground and in the air, in particular with their Awacs planes, the allies are able to identify the trajectory of the missiles fired by the Russian army.
And to intercept them if by chance they penetrated their airspace.
The accident in Poland and the deaths it caused "
say nothing about our ability to defend ourselves
", warned Jens Stoltenberg.
The Polish Ambassador is summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry
Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for Russian diplomacy
Everything indicates that an S300 shot is the cause of the incident.
Since the fall Ukrainian counter-offensive…
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