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08:34 16 Nov 2022

Explosions in Poland: Biden believes russian missile launch is "unlikely"

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The President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, called it "unlikely" that the missile that killed two people in a Polish village was fired from russia

The Guardian quotes Biden's statement.

After an emergency meeting with NATO and G7 leaders, the White House's head talked to journalists.

Biden said the group would support Poland in its investigation of the incident.

The US president also emphasized that he first wants to find out "what happened." And after this development with the "next step."

Biden was asked if the missile was launched from russia. To which the leader of the United States replied: "There is preliminary information that contests that."

"I don't want to say until we completely investigate. It is unlikely in the lines of the trajectory that it was fired from russia, but we'll see," he added.

Separately, he called russia's missile attacks on Ukraine "absolutely unconscionable."

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Most recently, on November 15, russia launched a massive missile attack on the territory of Ukraine; the missiles fell not far from the border with Poland.

After that, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki urgently convened the Committee of the Council of Ministers on National Security and Defense.

The AR media outlet reported that American intelligence confirms this. According to their data, russian missiles crossed Poland's airspace on Tuesday, resulting in two people dying.

Although, the Pentagon did not officially confirm this version.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland said that a russian-made missile fell on the country's territory on Tuesday afternoon.

During a telephone conversation with Poland's President, Andrzej Duda, Biden offered him support in the investigation of explosions near the border with Ukraine.

In an address in the middle of the night, the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, said that Warsaw does not have accurate information about who exactly launched the missile. However, he added that the missile fell on Polish territory and confirmed it was russian-made.

The Ministry of Defense of russia stated that no strikes were carried out on targets near the Ukrainian-Polish border and called the report about the fall of russian missiles in the area of ​​Przewodów, Poland, "provocative."

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