{"id":166971,"date":"2022-11-17T12:33:50","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T12:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=166971"},"modified":"2022-11-17T12:33:50","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T12:33:50","slug":"russian-made-missile-fired-at-poland-killing-2-and-drawing-world-closer-to-ww3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/russian-made-missile-fired-at-poland-killing-2-and-drawing-world-closer-to-ww3\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Russian-made missile fired at Poland’ killing 2 and drawing world closer to WW3"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    At least one stray "Russian-made" missile has killed two people in Poland in a "serious escalation" of tensions between Russia and the West.<\/p>\n

    Polish warplanes were scrambled as the country's Prime Minister convened an emergency meeting of the country's national security and defence affairs committee. <\/p>\n

    Two stray rockets \u2013 believed to have been aimed at targets in Ukraine \u2013 reportedly landed in the Polish border town of Przewodow shortly after 3.30pm on Tuesday (November 15). Two people are so far known to have died. <\/p>\n

    READ MORE: <\/b>Poland could force all of NATO to declare war on Putin's Russia tonight after 'attack'<\/b><\/p>\n

    Poland has been a full NATO member since 1999, and this latest development represents "a serious escalation" of tensions between Russia and the West, a senior US intelligence official has said. <\/p>\n

    Under Article 5 of the NATO treaty an attack on one member country is considered to be an attack on all.<\/p>\n

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    However, US President Joe Biden has said it is \u201cunlikely\u201d that a missile that killed two people in Nato-ally Poland was fired from Russia, but pledged support for Poland\u2019s investigation into what it had called a \u201cRussian-made\u201d missile.<\/p>\n

    Instead, according to American officials, initial findings suggest the missile that hit Poland was fired by Ukrainian forces at an incoming Russian missile.<\/p>\n

    One Polish firefighter, Lukasz Kucy, told Sky News: "Firefighters are on the spot – it's not clear what has happened". Polish media showed an image of a massive crater and upturned farm vehicle at the site.<\/p>\n

    Poland's Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, has convened the Committee of the Council of Ministers for National Security and Defence Affairs "as a matter of urgency", government spokesman Piotr M\u00fcller confirmed, with local news sites claiming this is likely the result of the explosions.<\/p>\n

    "The most important people in the country" are attending Poland's emergency meeting, according to local news outlet Radio Zet.<\/p>\n

    There are concerns that Poland may ask other NATO members to take retaliatory action against Russia, with the Guardian stating that Polish President Andrzej Duda has informed both Rishi Sunak and Joe Biden, as well as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, that it is "highly likely" Poland will invoke Article 4 \u2013 which means asking to consult allies whether territorial integrity, political independence or security is threatened.<\/p>\n

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