NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that preliminary investigations suggest it is «likely» that the incident in Poland, in which two people were killed by missile strikes, was caused by Ukrainian air defenses.
«Preliminary analysis suggests that it is likely provoked by a missile from Ukrainian air defenses to defend the territory from a Russian attack,» he said at a press conference after the emergency meeting of allied ambassadors convened to examine the incident recorded in Poland.
«There are no indications that it was the result of a deliberate attack and we have no indications that Russia is preparing offensive actions against NATO,» added Stoltenberg, who insisted in any case that Moscow is ultimately responsible for the episode as it occurred in the midst of a wave of attacks against Ukrainian cities.
