Russian missile kills 2 in Poland: Polish Gov't calls NATO crisis meeting

Photo: Emily Schrader

On Tuesday, a pair of Russian cruise missiles missed hitting Ukraine and hit Poland instead killing two very unlucky Polish citizens.

The missiles was part of salvo of about 100 sea- and air-launched weapons allegedly targeting Ukraine's electric generation, transmission and distribution infrastructure. However, Poland Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, isn't taking chances that this was an accident and has convened an emergency meeting of the Polish government to discuss the attack. 

Consultations with NATO will probably follow as Resolution 4 may be invoked.

At this moment in time, we are not certain what was behind the missile strike but this doesn't look good and if Poland should declare an Article 5, all NATO nations are obligated to fight for Poland as it's all for one and one for all in the NATO agreement.

2 Russian stray missiles have just hit a farm in Przewodów on the Polish side of the Polish-Ukrainian border, killing 2 Poles. pic.twitter.com/BS7txi9ZKs

— Emily Schrader – אמילי שריידר امیلی شریدر (@emilykschrader) November 15, 2022

🇵🇱 The first video from the site of the explosion in the Polish village of Przewodow, Lublin Voivodeship. pic.twitter.com/dyUwXwfoKR

— АЗОВ South (@AzovMolozensky) November 15, 2022

The US Defense Department has not pointed a finger at Russia but background briefings from intelligent officials [as opposed to stupid Biden officials] have placed the blame on Russia.

A Polish government spokesman did not immediately confirm the information, but said leaders were meeting on "crisis situation." https://t.co/W1hhjwa6ez

— The Associated Press (@AP) November 15, 2022

For their part, some pro-Russian accounts blame a Ukrainian surface-to-air missile gone astray, but this is very unlikely as Western missiles have a self-destruct mechanism to prevent such a situation. And surface-to-air missiles fired from Ukraine at incoming Russian missiles would have splashed in Ukraine in what is known as a fishing expedition.

Some of Russia’s media personalities don’t appear to be denying the source of the missile. For example, here is the editor-in-chief of RT giving her opinion:

Head of RT Margarita Simonyan: "Now Poland has its own Belgorod region. What did you expect?" pic.twitter.com/JUyaFOKRdR

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) November 15, 2022

But don't freak out over the incident just yet as it will not create the need for a NATO consultation under the NATO Article 5 provision, but under Article 4. So war is not necessarily going to happen, although it might. In the case of Article 4, this will likely result in more support for Ukraine.

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This type of incident has happened before with Russia. About two weeks ago, a Russian cruise missile missed Ukraine and hit Moldova. 

But don't worry, America, Joe Biden is on the job.

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