The public reaction to the “missile incident” in Poland by a number of NATO countries is outrageous, “foreign media has spread false claims that Russia may be the culprit” – in such a statement Wednesday 16 November, spoke Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
“In connection with the fall of two missiles on the territory of Poland, not far from the Polish-Ukrainian border on November 15, 2022, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation immediately made comprehensive statements that the armed forces were not involved. In this case, our
Despite this, we are recording an extreme public reaction to the event in a number of NATO countries, the media hastened to jointly spread the completely false, unsubstantiated allegations that Russia may be guilty, without a desire to understand the situation. The “consultations” of the so-called Western establishments gave rise to a new wave of false accusations, which only quickly subsided. In this bacchanalia we see deliberate actions carried out in the West as part of a systematic anti-Russian campaign around Ukraine.
At the same time, special attention is drawn to the speed with which representatives of the Kyiv regime brought charges against Russia. Officials in Kiev seem to take every opportunity to blame Russia and seek to consolidate Western support while the Zelensky regime appears to have worn out its bosses. Moreover, preliminary data on this event points to Ukraine. We are confident that an impartial investigation and the publication of its results will reveal this provocation.” area departments.
Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Maria Zakharova later on the Telegram channel Polish Ambassador Krzysztof Krajewski called To Smolenskaya Square:
Remember this on the eve of Polish radio ZET It was reported that two rockets fell on the village of Przewoduv in the Lublin Voivodeship on the border with Ukraine, resulting in the death of two people. On November 15, Ukrainian territory was subjected to intense shelling by the Russian Armed Forces, including reports of explosions in the Lviv region on the border with Poland.
According to Polish President Andrzej Duda, this was not a deliberate attack on his country. TASS. As it turned out in Warsaw, the S-300 type anti-aircraft missile, most likely produced in the 1970s, was used by the Ukrainian missile defense/air defense forces.
Igor Konashenkov, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, said earlier that “not Russian cruise missiles, but Ukrainian missiles fired from the S-300 air defense system” fell on Poland. According to him, the conclusion of the experts was made on the basis of photographs showing parts of the missile.
publisher on Wednesday CNN Citing a source, he said: The Ukrainian military allegedly confirmed this tested to intercept the missile near the crime scene and at about the same time as the event in Poland. The TV channel claims that this information “serves as an assessment of the event by the United States.”
“Russia is still guilty”
On the other hand, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that what happened should be evaluated carefully. to examine.
“After all, we should be concerned if some of the weapons used in this war enter our lands and cause destruction.
“It doesn’t matter for Germany, whose rocket crashed into Poland, in any case Russia is to blame for attacking Ukraine,” he said.
said in an interview Welt Die.
The responsibility of the rocket incident that fell on Poland belongs to Russia, stated and Italian Prime Minister George Meloni.
“Russia is systematically destroying Ukrainian civilian infrastructure in violation of international law, and the fact that border bombing could hit Polish territory is well known to Russians and they seem willing to take that risk.” DEA News.
Adrienne Watson, spokesperson for the White House National Security Council, said that the United States also holds Russia responsible regardless of the outcome of the investigation into the incident:
Whatever the final consequences, it is clear that Russia is ultimately responsible for this tragic event, which launched missiles into Ukraine specially designed to hit civilian infrastructure. “
According to him, Washington fully trusts the investigation conducted by Warsaw and “will not preempt events by making assessments until all necessary information has been collected.”
The Russian Foreign Ministry has already reacted to this statement of the White House. “The US government didn’t care about the results of the investigation. The White House has never spoken so openly about it. Zakharova wrote on her Telegram channel that the US government always has someone to “take responsibility” for political reasons.
Against this background, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for Kiev to be allowed to investigate the circumstances of the incident:
I have no doubt that we do not have missiles or missile strikes.
I’m sure we should and will be involved in the investigation. I want us to be fair and if it is the use of our air defense then I want this proof. The first is investigation, access and data,” he said.
Source: Gazeta
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