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Russia launched a massive missile attack on Ukraine on Tuesday, causing widespread blackouts, Reuters reported. The attack spread to neighboring Poland, where rockets fell on villages in Polish territory near the border, killing two people. In another neighboring country, Moldova, a major power line was hit, leaving parts of the country without electricity. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of firing missiles at NATO member Poland, calling the attack a “very significant escalation”, and the Polish prime minister called an emergency meeting; Macron has called for an investigation.
A Polish government spokesman said Prime Minister Morawiecki had ordered an urgent meeting of the Council of Ministers for National Security and Defense Affairs.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday accused Russia of firing missiles at NATO member Poland, calling the attack a “very significant escalation”. Speaking to the nation on Tuesday evening, Zelenskiy said that “today Russian missiles hit Poland, the territory of a member state of the European Union, causing casualties”. “This is a serious escalation (of war). We have to act,” he said.
Agence France-Presse reported that French President Macron, who is attending the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, said after receiving reports that two Russian missiles hit Polish territory, he had contacted the Polish leader and ” understanding the situation” and called for an investigation.
Poland is a member of NATO. The US Department of Defense immediately said it was investigating reports that a missile had landed in Poland, but so far it could not be confirmed. The US State Department called the news that the missiles had landed in Poland “extremely worrying”.
