At least two Russian missiles hit a farm in the Polish village of Przewodow killing two people. On pro-Russian twitter groups there is talk of missiles that fell in Poland because they were hit by Ukrainian anti-aircraft fire.
The Russian Defense Ministry denied that the missiles that fell on Poland were Russian, stressing that no attacks with Moscow weapons were carried out against targets near the Ukrainian-Polish border. This was reported by the Russian news agency Interfax. The Defense Ministry then said that the news of the two Russian missiles that would have fallen in Poland are "a provocation" aimed at causing an escalation. This was reported by the Ria Novosti agency.
Around the world, the media confirm that two Russian missiles have fallen on the territory of Poland, a NATO member country, killing two people. This was reported by the Bloomberg agency quoting the Associated Press which, in turn, quotes an American intelligence official.
Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder he couldn't immediately confirm whether the blasts were the result of Russian rocket attacks, but said the Defense Department is trying to confirm the reports.
"We are aware of the press reports about this. We currently have no information to corroborate those reports, but again, we are taking them seriously and are investigating them“Ryder told reporters at the Pentagon. “I don't want to speculate or get into the world of guesswork. When it comes to our security commitments and Article Five, we have been crystal clear that we will defend every inch of NATO territory“, he added, referring to NATO's collective defense.
The attacks that hit Poland's eastern village of Przewodow come as Ukraine is under a massive Russian missile attack that has targeted the country's already war-ravaged energy infrastructure, cutting off power to millions. Some Russian attacks have hit targets in the western part of the country near the border with Poland.
It is the first time that Russian missiles have landed on NATO territory. Bild mentions article 5 of the Alliance, which provides for the obligation to provide aid for the allies, but whether this will be activated by Warsaw - the newspaper specifies - is still an open question. NATO has repeatedly repeated that it does not want to participate with its own troops in the war in Ukraine.
“Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki called an urgent meeting of the National Security Committee and defense". Morawiecki's spokesman Piotr Müller announced it on Twitter.
The meeting of the Polish Security Committee with President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki is underway. An urgent meeting of the Warsaw executive was also convened at 21.
Deputy head of the Ukrainian presidential office Kyrylo Tymoshenko said that more than seven million Ukrainian users were left without electricity due to today's barrage of rocket attacks." Tymoshenko said that "15 Ukrainian energy plants were damaged during the Russian attacks". Cnn reports it.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Ukrainians they could face more Russian missile attacks today, but he promised that the country will survive. And that Russia "will not achieve its goals". In a video shared on Telegram, Zelensky warned Ukrainians to stay in shelters for rocket attacks that cut off energy supplies in many places… We are working, we will restore everything, we will survive.”
“Russia responds to Zelensky's powerful speech at the G20 with a new missile attack. Does anyone seriously think that the Kremlin really wants peace? He wants obedience. But in the end, terrorists always lose,” denounces the head of the Ukrainian president's office, Andriy Yermak, on Twitter.
The spokesman of the Air Force command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Yuriy Ignat said today, 'the Russian invaders launched a hundred missiles against Ukraine, thus surpassing the massive missile attack of October 10, when the invaders launched 84 missiles against Ukraine'. Ukrainska Pravda writes it. “This is a massive missile attack – he said – Critical infrastructure is their first target. But, unfortunately, the missiles also hit residential buildings."
Russian missile attacks, as well as in Kiev, also in the Chernihiv and Mykolaiv region, the Ukrainian authorities report as reported by UNIAN. "Stay in shelters or in a safe place," announced Vyacheslav Chaus, head of Chernihiv oblast while Mykolayiv head Vitaly Kim announced a wave of Russian missile attacks in the region. A raid hit another "multi-story" building in Kiev, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said, updating the situation. Explosions and raids were also reported in Lviv and Kharkiv, according to local authorities, urging residents to go to shelters. There is at least one dead in Kiev, according to Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko on Telegram, as reported by Ukrainska Pravda.
"The United States strongly condemns Russia's latest missile attacks on Ukraine, which appear to have hit residential buildings in Kiev and other sites across the country“, writes US Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in a note, underlining that while “leaders meet at the G20, Russia continues to threaten lives and destroy critical infrastructure for Ukraine”. “The United States and its allies will continue to supply Kiev with what it needs to defend itself, including air defense systems. We will stand by Ukraine for as long as necessary,” Sullivan reiterated.
In his speech at the G20, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia's war "must end now" but also ruled out a third "Minsk agreement", which refers to the two failed ceasefire agreements between Kiev and Moscow on the status of the eastern region of Donbas. A point on which Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov replied, seeing in the refusal to 'Minsk 3' the confirmation of Kiev's reluctance to negotiate. "Russia continues to pursue its objectives in the military operation in Ukraine because Kiev refuses negotiations," he said quoted by Tass. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also rejected the Ukrainian proposals, calling them "unrealistic and inadequate".
The Russian foreign minister, who remained in the room while the Kiev leader spoke, however specified that Russia wants to see "concrete facts, not words" on the influence exerted by the West on Zelensky so that he agrees to negotiate, added Lavrov. “Other countries are increasingly convinced that the conflict in Ukraine was provoked by Washington” – he said in his intervention – Regarding the Ukrainian topic, both the United States and all its allies have been quite aggressive during today's discussions, accusing Russia, as they say, of unprovoked aggression against the 'Ukraine. But other countries are convinced that the aggression was caused by them”.
Kremlin, UN resolution on Ukraine formalizes theft. The resolution approved yesterday by the UN General Assembly, according to which Russia must compensate Ukraine for the damage caused in the invasion ordered by Putin, was criticized by the Kremlin, which defined it as "the formalization of a theft ”, reports the Interfax agency. “Naturally – said Putin's spokesman Dmitri Peskov – the organizers of this process are trying to complete the theft of our reserves abroad, which have been blocked in an absolutely illegal way. In reality, (this is) the formalization of a theft via the United Nations platform."
EU, Ukraine has recovered 50% of the territories occupied by Russia “Ukraine has already recovered 50% of the territories occupied by Russia since February 24th”. This was stated by the EU high representative for foreign policy, Josep Borrell, in a press conference at the end of the Defense Council which was also attended by the Ukrainian defense minister, Andriy Zahorodniuk, and the NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg. "On the eastern and southern fronts, the equipment supplied by the EU and the US to the Ukrainian armed forces is proving to be extraordinarily useful", he added, in particular "air defense systems", capable of "making a difference".