At least two people have died in the Polish town of Przewodow, in Lublin province, near the Ukrainian border, after the possible impact of two stray rockets, local radio station Radio ZET has advanced.
According to unofficial information from the station itself, the missiles could have hit agricultural machinery in Przewodow. Agents of the Police, the Prosecutor’s Office and the Polish Army are already on the scene.
The spokesman for the U.S. Department of Defense, Pat Ryder, has informed that, for the moment, Washington has no information linking Russia to the impact of these missiles, according to CNN.
This would be the first direct hit on a member country of the Atlantic Alliance since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine at the end of February. During the NATO summit in Madrid, member states reaffirmed their «unwavering» commitment to the collective defense of all NATO territories.
The incident comes on a day when Russia has launched a new wave of attacks on the western territory of Ukraine. Kiev, Lviv and many other cities have been the scene of Russian offensives, which have mainly targeted energy infrastructures.
Earlier, Marcin Lebiedowicz, spokesman for the Hrubieszow Fire Brigade, some 35 kilometers north of Przewodow, had confirmed that the town had been the scene of explosions, the causes of which are still unknown.
«We received a notification of an explosion in the drying yard. In fact, as soon as we arrived, we confirmed that something like that happened. Two people died at the scene. At the moment we are securing the scene and illuminating the area of the action,» he told Radio Lublin.
In the context of this incident, the Prime Minister of Poland, Mateusz Morawiecki, has convened an extraordinary meeting of the National Security and Defense Committee of the Council of Ministers, according to the government spokesman, Piotr Muller, on Twitter.
