Fri. Nov 8th, 2024

NATO Says Deadly Polish Missile Strike Was an Accident—but Still ‘Russia’s Fault’<!-- wp:html --><p>Kacper Pempel/Reuters</p> <p>The deadly <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/vladimir-putin-may-cancel-major-press-conference-after-russian-retreat-from-kherson-ukraine">Russian-made missile</a> that <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/shocking-missile-attack-kills-2-in-poland-near-ukrainian-border-local-media-reports">struck a farm on the Polish side of the Ukrainian</a> border Tuesday was “likely” accidentally launched by Ukraine’s missile defense system, the head of NATO said on the back of emergency talks in Brussels on Wednesday. </p> <p>But he said it is still Russia’s fault. </p> <p>“This is not Ukraine’s fault,” Jens Stoltenberg, head of NATO, told reporters several times on Wednesday from NATO headquarters in Brussels. “Russia bears ultimately responsibility as it continues its illegal war against Ukraine.”</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/nato-says-deadly-polish-missile-accident-is-russias-fault?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

Kacper Pempel/Reuters

The deadly Russian-made missile that struck a farm on the Polish side of the Ukrainian border Tuesday was “likely” accidentally launched by Ukraine’s missile defense system, the head of NATO said on the back of emergency talks in Brussels on Wednesday.

But he said it is still Russia’s fault.

“This is not Ukraine’s fault,” Jens Stoltenberg, head of NATO, told reporters several times on Wednesday from NATO headquarters in Brussels. “Russia bears ultimately responsibility as it continues its illegal war against Ukraine.”

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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