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Biden says ‘unlikely’ rocket fired from Russia
US president Joe Biden has spoken to reporters aft an exigency gathering with Nato and G7 leaders successful Bali.
Biden said the radical would enactment Poland’s probe into the incident.
“I’m going to marque definite we fig retired precisely what happened … Then we’re going to fig retired our adjacent step.”
Responding to a question arsenic to whether the rocket was fired from Russia, Biden said:
There is preliminary accusation that contests that. I don’t privation to accidental that until we wholly investigate.
But it is improbable successful the lines of the trajectory that it was fired from Russia, but we’ll see.”
The president added that it was “unlikely” the rocket was fired from Russia perchance owed to the weapon’s trajectory.
He described Russia’s continued rocket attacks connected Ukraine arsenic “totally unconscionable”.
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Here are a fewer much images we person received from the Polish colony of Przewodów, adjacent the Ukrainian border, wherever a rocket fell connected Tuesday afternoon.
Biden says ‘unlikely’ rocket fired from Russia
US president Joe Biden has spoken to reporters aft an exigency gathering with Nato and G7 leaders successful Bali.
Biden said the radical would enactment Poland’s probe into the incident.
“I’m going to marque definite we fig retired precisely what happened … Then we’re going to fig retired our adjacent step.”
Responding to a question arsenic to whether the rocket was fired from Russia, Biden said:
There is preliminary accusation that contests that. I don’t privation to accidental that until we wholly investigate.
But it is improbable successful the lines of the trajectory that it was fired from Russia, but we’ll see.”
The president added that it was “unlikely” the rocket was fired from Russia perchance owed to the weapon’s trajectory.
He described Russia’s continued rocket attacks connected Ukraine arsenic “totally unconscionable”.
Poland's president says nary 'conclusive evidence' of Russian missile
Poland’s president Andrzej Duda has said determination is truthful acold nary “conclusive evidence” arsenic to who launched a rocket into Polish territory but it is “most likely” to person been Russian-made.
Duda has said that the detonation successful Przewodów was a “one-off incident” and determination are “no indications” that it is going to hap again.
We bash not person immoderate conclusive grounds astatine the infinitesimal arsenic to who launched this rocket ... it was astir apt a Russian-made missile, but this is each inactive nether probe astatine the moment,” Andrzej Duda told reporters.
The Polish overseas ministry had earlier said that a Russian-made rocket had fallen connected the village.
Duda spoke aft premier curate Mateusz Morawiecki said that Poland would summation surveillance of its airspace pursuing the incident.
“We decided to summation the combat readiness of selected units of the Polish equipped forces, with peculiar accent connected airspace monitoring,” Morawiecki said.
Morawiecki besides asked for radical to beryllium restrained. “I telephone connected each Poles to stay calm astir this tragedy. Let’s beryllium prudent, let’s not fto ourselves beryllium manipulated.
“We request to beryllium acceptable to look fake news, propaganda efforts.”
Russia denies its missiles crossed into Poland
Russia has denied its missiles crossed into Poland, calling the reports a “deliberate provocation”.
A connection from the Russian defence ministry read:
The statements of the Polish media and officials astir the alleged autumn of ‘Russian’ missiles successful the country of Przewodów is simply a deliberate provocation successful bid to escalate the situation. No strikes connected targets adjacent the Ukrainian-Polish authorities borderline were made by Russian rockets.”
The Russian overseas ministry added successful a statement published connected Telegram:
Polish wide media and officials perpetrate deliberate provocation to escalate concern with their connection connected alleged interaction of ‘Russian’ rockets astatine Przewodów. Russian hardware has launched NO strikes astatine the area.”
Some analysts said they believed photographs of rocket debris astatine the country showed a Ukrainian S-300 aerial defence strategy that would person been engaged successful shooting down a Russian missile, but it was not imaginable to corroborate those reports.
Nato and planetary leaders volition conscionable astatine Poland's request
Nato and planetary leaders are acceptable to conscionable connected Wednesday aft a Russian-made rocket fell connected Nato subordinate Poland and killed 2 people, raising concerns that the Ukraine struggle could spill implicit its borders.
Two European diplomats said Poland requested the Nato gathering nether the treaty’s Article 4, which allows for each Nato allies to beryllium brought unneurotic erstwhile the “territorial integrity, governmental independency oregon security” of immoderate subordinate has been threatened.
A Nato authoritative said the confederation was intimately coordinating with Poland, according to a Reuters report.
Fabrice Pothier, erstwhile caput of argumentation readying successful the Nato secretary-general’s office, told Sky TV that successful a Nato gathering officials would “consult each other, to measure the menace and to instrumentality factual action.”
Latvian lawman premier curate Artis Pabriks said the concern was “unacceptable” and it could pb to Nato providing much anti-aircraft defences to Poland and Ukraine, a presumption Pothier endorsed.
“Every inch of Nato territory indispensable beryllium defended!,” Lithuanian president Gitanas Nauseda said connected Twitter.
A deliberate onslaught connected a Nato subordinate could successful mentation pb to the invocation of the alliance’s nonfiction 5, which states that an onslaught connected 1 subordinate of the subject confederation is considered an onslaught against all. But the Nato pact is highly improbable to beryllium triggered by an accidental attack.
Polish premier curate Mateusz Morawiecki besides said the state would beryllium expanding the readiness of immoderate subject units.
Poland’s authorities said it has besides summoned Moscow’s ambassador for an explanation.
Poland says 'Russian-made missile' killed 2 successful colony connected border
A “Russian-made missile” fell connected the Polish colony of Przewodów, adjacent the Ukrainian border, sidesplitting 2 radical connected Tuesday afternoon, Poland’s overseas ministry reported, successful what would beryllium the archetypal clip Nato territory has been struck during the Ukraine war.
Foreign affairs spokesperson Lukasz Jasina said successful a statement released connected Tuesday:
On 15 November 2022, monolithic shelling of the full territory of Ukraine and its captious infrastructure by the equipped forces of the Russian Federation was observed for galore hours.
At 15.40 successful the colony of Przewodów … a Russian-made rocket fell, sidesplitting 2 citizens of the republic of Poland.”
It was not wide who launched the rocket that landed a fewer miles distant from the Ukrainian border, Poland’s president Andrzej Duda said, but helium and different officials claimed it was apt to beryllium “Russian-made”.
That could mean it was a Russian munition which whitethorn person veered disconnected course, but it could besides person been a rocket from Ukrainian S-300 aerial defence system, weapons which experts said were primitively made successful Russia.
Two farmers were killed and a tractor destroyed aft a ample detonation successful the eastbound village.
G7 leaders clasp exigency acme aft Poland explosion
Jessica Elgot
Members of the G7 and Nato countries who are gathered successful Bali for the G20 acme person held a drawback gathering aft “Russian-made missiles” landed successful Poland, sidesplitting 2 people.
The gathering was attended by US president Joe Biden, the UK’s Rishi Sunak, Germany’s Olaf Scholz, France’s president Emmanuel Macron, Canada’s premier curate Justin Trudeau, the EU’s Ursula Von der Leyen, Japan’s Fumio Kishida, the Netherlands’ Mark Rutte, arsenic good arsenic Spain’s Pedro Sanchez, Italy’s Giorgia Meloni and EU assembly president Charles Michel.
Biden, Sunak and Scholz spoke to Poland’s president Andrzej Duda earlier successful the morning.
The remainder of the acme which concludes connected Wednesday day is apt to beryllium dominated by the effect to the strikes.
Summary and welcome
Hello and invited backmost to the Guardian’s unrecorded sum of the warfare successful Ukraine. I’m Samantha Lock and I’ll beryllium bringing you each the latest developments arsenic they unfold implicit the adjacent fewer hours.
Poland will apt telephone for an exigency meeting of each Nato ministers aft it said Russian-made missiles crossed into the state successful what would beryllium the archetypal clip Nato territory has been struck during the Ukraine war.
Poland’s authorities said it has besides summoned Moscow’s ambassador aft a “Russian-made rocket” fell connected the Polish colony of Przewodów, adjacent the Ukrainian borderline connected Tuesday afternoon.
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A “Russian-made missile” fell connected the Polish colony of Przewodów, adjacent the Ukrainian border, sidesplitting 2 radical connected Tuesday afternoon, Poland’s overseas ministry said successful a statement, successful what would beryllium the archetypal clip Nato territory has been struck during the Ukraine war.
Poland’s president Andrzej Duda said that the detonation was a “one-off incident” and determination are “no indications” that it is going to hap again. Duda said it was “most-likely” a Russian-made rocket but “we bash not person immoderate conclusive grounds astatine the infinitesimal arsenic to who launched this rocket … this is each inactive nether probe astatine the moment.”
Poland’s authorities said it had summoned Moscow’s ambassador to Poland to supply an explanation. According to a statement released connected Poland’s government’s website, a spokesperson said: “The curate of overseas affairs, Zbigniew Rau summoned the ambassador of the Russian federation to the ministry of overseas affairs and demanded contiguous elaborate explanations.”
Nato ministers are preparing to stitchery connected Wednesday astatine the petition of the Polish government. The gathering is acceptable to beryllium convened nether nonfiction 4 of the Nato treaty, which allows for each Nato allies to beryllium brought unneurotic erstwhile the “territorial integrity, governmental independency oregon security” of immoderate subordinate has been threatened.
A deliberate onslaught connected a Nato subordinate could successful mentation pb to the invocation of the alliance’s nonfiction 5, which states that an onslaught connected 1 subordinate of the subject confederation is considered an onslaught against all. But the Nato pact is highly improbable to beryllium triggered by an accidental attack.
The White House said it could not corroborate reports coming retired of Poland and was moving with the Polish authorities to stitchery much information. As time broke successful Bali successful Indonesia, wherever the G20 gathering is being held, US president Joe Biden talked by telephone to Duda.
Biden offered Duda “full enactment for and assistance with Poland’s investigation”. Biden besides “reaffirmed the United States’ ironclad committedness to Nato” during a telephone telephone connected Wednesday.
Duda has besides spoken to the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Zelenskiy tweeted afterwards: “We exchanged disposable accusation and are clarifying each the facts … each of Europe and the satellite indispensable beryllium afloat protected from violent Russia.”
The Russian defence ministry successful a connection denied its missiles crossed into Poland, calling the reports a “deliberate provocation”. “The statements of the Polish media and officials astir the alleged autumn of ‘Russian’ missiles successful the country of Przewodów is simply a deliberate provocation successful bid to escalate the situation. No strikes connected targets adjacent the Ukrainian-Polish authorities borderline were made by Russian rockets.”
Some analysts said they believed photographs of rocket debris astatine the country showed a Ukrainian S-300 aerial defence system that would person been engaged successful shooting down a Russian missile, but it was not imaginable to corroborate those reports.
Russia launched waves of rocket strikes crossed Ukraine connected Wednesday arsenic G20 leaders met successful Bali. Ukraine’s authorities said it was different planned onslaught aimed astatine the country’s vigor infrastructure facilities. In his Wednesday evening address, Zelenskiy said “a full of 90 missiles” deed Ukraine. Seven cardinal homes were near without power. The lawman caput of the statesmanlike administration, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, wrote connected Telegram that the vigor concern crossed Ukraine was “critical” arsenic a result.
Earlier Zelenskiy, addressing the G20 by video link, called connected the leaders to enactment Ukraine to extremity the warfare connected its terms – the superior 1 being that Russian troops permission each of Ukraine, including the areas it occupied successful 2014. Zelenskiy called for an planetary league to “cement cardinal constituent of the postwar information architecture” and forestall a recurrence of “Russian aggression”.
The Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, said that Zelenskiy’s connection that determination volition beryllium nary “Minsk-3” woody to extremity the warring successful Ukraine confirms that Kyiv is not funny successful holding bid talks with Moscow.
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