NATO’s crucial question: Was Poland missile strike deliberate?
NATO faces some difficult decisions after Poland said that a lethal blast near its border with Ukraine was caused by a Russian-produced rocket. They will critically hinge on whether it was an accident.
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak attend an emergency meeting of global leaders after an alleged Russian missile blast in Poland, in Bali, Indonesia, Nov. 16, 2022. (Reuters)
NATO faces some difficult decisions after Poland said that a lethal blast near its border with Ukraine was caused by a Russian-produced rocket. They will critically hinge on whether it was an accident.
The 73-year-old military alliance will hold an emergency meeting of its ambassadors on Wednesday to discuss the latest developments after Polish officials emerged from a crisis meeting to say that it was a Russian missile that fell on a village about 6 kilometers (4 miles) from the frontier, killing two people.
Any step by the military alliance would require careful verification of the facts and balance a collective desire not to escalate tensions. Polish President Andrzej Duda struck a note of caution by saying it was unclear who had launched the rocket.
