NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said today that the Western alliance is monitoring the situation and will remain vigilant, after an unknown object, believed to be a Russian missile fired from Ukraine, entered Polish airspace.
Stoltenberg wrote on the X social network that he discussed the incident with Andrzej Duda, the president of Poland, a member of NATO.
“I spoke with President Andrzej Duda about the missile incident in Poland. NATO expresses solidarity with its valued ally, it is monitoring the situation and we will stay in touch while the facts are established. NATO will continue to be vigilant,” Stoltenberg said.
Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Army, Wieslaw Kukula, said earlier today that the unknown object, which flew over a part of Polish territory this morning, “is apparently a Russian missile that entered Polish airspace.”
After an extraordinary meeting of the National Security Council of Poland, which was convened by Duda, General Macej Klis told reporters that the unknown object entered about 40 kilometers into Polish airspace and left it in less than three minutes.
Ukrainian officials announced today that Russia carried out the largest air attack on Ukraine since the beginning of the invasion in February last year, with 122 missiles and 36 drones. They stated that at least 27 civilians were killed and an unknown number of people were buried in the rubble, after the attack hit the maternity hospital, residential buildings and schools.
