Belgian Defense Minister Ludivine Dedonder said Wednesday that the missiles that hit Polish territory, leaving two dead in the border town of Przewodow, may have come from Ukraine’s own air defenses.
«According to current information, the missiles in Poland may be the result of Ukrainian air defenses. Russian missile parts and a Ukrainian intercept missile are said to have hit Poland. It should be confirmed by ongoing investigations,» the Belgian minister noted in a message on social networks.
Dedonder thus echoes reports that the missile could have come from Ukraine’s own defenses. For the moment the Pentagon has avoided confirming the authorship and in declarations from Bali, Indonesia, where the G20 summit is being organized, the president of the United States, Joe Biden, has pointed out that it is «improbable» that the projectile was fired by Russia and has advocated the completion of the investigation on the event.
At this hour, an emergency meeting of NATO ambassadors is being held to examine the incident in Poland. The meeting is chaired by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who will give statements to the press at the end of the meeting.
It remains to be seen whether Poland will finally invoke Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty to trigger consultations within NATO, after it indicated that it was considering this option.
