Former Russian President and current Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday that the impact of a projectile on Polish territory and accusations against Moscow show that «the West is approaching a world war».
«The incident with Ukraine’s alleged ‘missile attack’ on a Polish farm proves only one thing: by launching a hybrid war against Russia, the West is approaching a world war,» Medvedev said via a brief message on his account on the social network Twitter.
Following the incident on Polish territory, the Russian Defense Ministry called the accusations of its involvement a «deliberate provocation». It also indicated that the Army has not carried out attacks on targets near the border between Poland and Ukraine, while stressing that the photographs of the remains of missiles show that it is not the weaponry used by Russia.
On the other hand, the President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, called for «action» in response to the «Russian missile attack» on Poland, a territory of the Atlantic Alliance, which puts «collective security» on alert.
However, U.S. President Joe Biden has pointed out that it is «unlikely» that the projectile was fired by Russia, while advocating the completion of the investigation into the event. «There is preliminary information that puts that in doubt,» he said, referring to the possibility that Russia launched the projectile.
For his part, the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, said that the Polish authorities do not have conclusive proof as to who is behind the missile launch, although he specified that the projectiles were of Russian manufacture.
