The West attributes the deadly rocket attack in the Polish border area to Ukrainian air defense. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, on the other hand, continues to believe that a missile was fired from Russia. He refers to new data from his own military.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has doubted that the rocket hitting Polish territory was a Ukrainian projectile. "Can you get facts or any evidence from the partners?" the 44-year-old asked journalists in a televised interview. The head of state called for the use of a joint commission of inquiry and access to the existing data.
Western countries are currently assuming that a missile from the Ukrainian air defense system was behind the explosion. "I think it was a Russian missile - based on the trust I have in the military reports," Zelenskyy said. According to Ukrainian data, one of the 25 Russian missile strikes in western Ukraine coincided with the impact in Poland.
In addition, Zelenskyj asked: "Can a crater with a diameter of 20 meters and a depth of five meters have been caused by debris or not?" If, despite his doubts, it turns out that a Ukrainian missile was responsible for the deaths of two Poles, Zelenskyi offered an apology. He also stressed that Ukraine is the "real air defense of all of Eastern Europe". This is not appreciated enough by the partners.
On Tuesday, Russia again launched rocket attacks on Ukraine - including areas not far from the border with NATO country Poland. In the evening there were reports of two deaths in a village on the Polish side. It was said from Warsaw that there was a high probability that it was a Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile.
On Wednesday night, Selenskyj spoke in a video message of a "Russian missile strike" on NATO territory. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has described references to a Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile system as a "conspiracy theory" orchestrated by Russia.
