Poland likely to invoke NATO's Article 4, will raise missile blast with UN - officials - Reuters

WARSAW, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Poland is apt to petition consultations nether NATO's Article 4

after a missile, reportedly Russian-made, struck Polish territory adjacent the borderline with Ukraine, and rise the contented astatine a U.N. Security Council gathering connected Wednesday, officials said.

Two radical were killed successful an detonation successful a colony 6 kilometres (3.5 miles) from the border, with Polish President Andrzej Duda saying that Poland had nary conclusive grounds showing who fired the missile. work much

The incidental happened hours aft President Volodymyr Zelenskiy outlined to leaders of G20 nations his bid program for Ukraine, and aft Russia unleashed what Kyiv said was the heaviest question of rocket strikes successful astir 9 months of war. work much

The United States and its NATO allies are investigating the incidental successful Poland, but aboriginal accusation suggests it whitethorn not person been caused by a rocket fired from Russia, U.S. President Joe Biden said. work much

Russia's defence ministry denied the reports that Russian missiles deed the Polish territory. work much

Duda said that helium has informed NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Biden that it is "highly probable" that the Polish ambassador to NATO "will petition to invoke Article 4, that is consultations among the allies."

Stoltenberg volition clasp urgent talks connected Wednesday with confederation ambassadors implicit the incident, a spokeswoman and diplomats said connected Tuesday. work much

According to Article 4 of the subject alliance's founding treaty, members tin bring immoderate contented of concern, particularly related to security, for discussion, allowing for much clip to find what steps to take. work much .

If it is determined that Moscow was to blasted for the blast, it could trigger NATO's rule of corporate defence known arsenic Article 5, successful which an onslaught connected 1 of the Western alliance's members is deemed an onslaught connected all, starting deliberations connected a imaginable subject response.

"All the leaders with whom I spoke with contiguous assured maine of allied support, inclusive of upholding each the provisions of (NATO's) Art. 5," Duda said connected Twitter. "We volition see this substance together."

Poland volition besides rise the substance astatine the United Nations Security Council gathering connected Wednesday, Krzysztof Szczerski, Poland's ambassador to the United Nations, said.

"On Wednesday, astatine the day league of the U.N. Security Council, I volition contiguous the Polish presumption connected the existent situation," Szczerski said connected Twitter.

Reporting by Alan Charlish, Pawel Florkiewicz and Lidia Kelly; Writing by Lidia Kelly; Editing by Justyna Pawlak, Sandra Maler & Simon Cameron-Moore

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