Biden said Ukraine air defence missile responsible for Poland blast - NATO source

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BERLIN, Nov 16 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden told G7 and NATO partners that a missile blast in eastern Poland was caused by a Ukrainian air defence missile, a NATO source told Reuters on Wednesday.

The blast, which killed two people, raised global alarm that the Ukraine conflict could spill into neighbouring countries.

Ukraine blamed Russia. Russia denied its missiles struck Poland.

Biden told reporters in Indonesia on Wednesday that the missile was unlikely to have been fired from Russia.

NATO ambassadors were scheduled to hold an emergency meeting at 1000 CET (0900 GMT) to respond to the explosion at a grain dryer near the Ukrainian border, which occurred while Russia was firing scores of missiles at cities across Ukraine.

Reporting by Andreas Rinke, writing by Kirsti Knolle, editing by Paul Carrel

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Sellswordinthegrove on November 16th, 2022 at 11:18 UTC »

It's a shame for the loss of life, I'm also greatly relieved about that is not idiot Russia deciding start WW and I'm even more relieved that NATO took the time to make sure that everything was analysed so that again WW3 wasn't started.

J_Class_Ford on November 16th, 2022 at 10:19 UTC »

you know all the preppers are gonna be pissed now they have to climb out of their bunkers

Ballute on November 16th, 2022 at 10:14 UTC »

Imagine how confusing and scary it must have been for Putin to be accused of something he actually didn't do, for once.