Poland confirms that a “Russian-made projectile” has reached its territory

All eyes are on the village of Przewodow, located in Poland, very close to the border with Ukraine, where a “Russian-made missile” caused the death of two Polish citizens on Tuesday evening, November 15, sAccording to the Polish Foreign Ministry, in a statement. However, Lukasz Jasina, the ministry’s spokesman, did not gave more information about the circumstances of the explosion. He nevertheless specified that the Russian ambassador had been summoned to “detailed explanations”.

As a reminder, Article 5 of the Atlantic Alliance Treaty stipulates that if a Member State is the victim of an armed attack, the others will consider this act of violence as an armed attack directed against all the members and will take appropriate measures. deemed necessary to come to the aid of the attacked country. This information, if confirmed, would constitute a serious aggravation of the conflict.

An emergency meeting will be held with NATO ambassadors on Wednesday morning, a spokeswoman for the organization announced. Oana Lungescu. Tuesday evening, the Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, felt he was “important that all the facts are established”. “NATO is monitoring the situation and the Allies are consulting closely”he wrote on Twitter.