Australia Wednesday expressed its ‘deep concern’ over rocket attack, described as Russian-made, that killed 2 Polandclose to frontier with Ukraine.
“Australia joins Ukraine in condemning the deadly rocket attacks by Russia. Reports that these missiles have landed on Polish territory are deeply worrying,” the Australian foreign minister said Penny Wangon his Twitter account.
“We ask Russia once again to withdraw its forces and put an end to this illegal and immoral war”, added the head of diplomacy of Australia, one of the non-NATO countries that has offered the most military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, just as it has imposed hundreds of sanctions against senior Russian officials and businessmen.
Although the Canberra rep points directly to Flythe Polish government has been more cautious and, for now, describes the incident as caused by a Russian-made missile, without attributing responsibility.
After the shell impact in the Polish city of Przewodów, located in the eastern province of Lublin and about 12 kilometers from the border with Ukraine, the Warsaw Executive ordered the strengthening of control of the airspace and increased the combat readiness of the armed forces.
The launch of the missile, whose origin Russia denies, motivated NATO, of which Poland is a member, to convene an “emergency” meeting.
For his part, him Pentagon He was also cautious and told a press conference that he is evaluating information about the crash, which killed 2 people and could be a war escalation.
With information from EFE
