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Poland’s president has said a missile blast that killed two people near its border with Ukraine appears to have been an “unfortunate accident’’, not an “intentional attack’’.
The strike was earlier feared to have been from Russia, raising the possibility that Poland, a Nato member, would invoke the collective defence clause of the world’s most powerful military alliance.
Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, Polish prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki said Warsaw may still call the North Atlantic Council for discussion of the incident, thought was not sure this would be necessary.
Russia had denied launching the strike, after early press reports carried remarks from a senior US official pointing the finger at Moscow....
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