Russia accused of violating Polish airspace after missile explosion near village
Polish PM visits scene of crater thought to have occurred during deadly wave of attacks on Ukraine Russia has been accused of violating Polish airspace, after a missile exploded in a field in the east of the country, triggering Nato air defences, in the midst of a massive air raid that killed 13 people in neighbouring Ukraine . Polish authorities said that the explosion near the village of Tarnawa-Kolonia, close to Lublin, had created a 10-metre-wide crater. Residents of Tarnawa-Kolonia reported hearing an explosion at about 4am that shook the windows of their homes, police said. Nato’s supreme allied commander for Europe , Gen Alexus Grynkewich, said: “Nato will continue to take all necessary measures to defend Nato territory.” The Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk , speaking at the scene of the explosion, in a field about 50 miles from the Ukrainian border, said the missile was most likely Russian. “From the analysis of most of the traces, the recovered fragments point to a Russian KH-101 missile,” he told journalists.
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Stay in shelters!” In Lviv, close to Poland, rescue workers were scrambling to clear rubble to reach those trapped after Russian missiles damaged two blocks of flats and injured 26 people, officials said.
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Polish PM visits scene of crater thought to have occurred during deadly wave of attacks on Ukraine Russia has been accused of violating Polish airspace after a missile exploded in a field in the east of the country during a massive air raid that killed 13 people in neighbouring Ukraine . Polish authorities said that an explosion, near the village of Tarnawa-Kolonia, close to Lublin, had created a 10-metre-wide crater, occurring as Russia staged new missile attacks on Ukraine. Residents of Tarnawa-Kolonia reported hearing an explosion at about 4am that shook the windows of their homes, police said.
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Polish PM visits scene of crater thought to have occurred during deadly wave of attacks on Ukraine Russia has been accused of violating Polish airspace, after a missile exploded in a field in the east of the country, triggering Nato air defences, in the midst of a massive air raid that killed 13 people in neighbouring Ukraine . Polish authorities said that the explosion near the village of Tarnawa-Kolonia, close to Lublin, had created a 10-metre-wide crater. Residents of Tarnawa-Kolonia reported hearing an explosion at about 4am that shook the windows of their homes, police said.
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Polish PM visits scene of crater thought to have occurred during deadly wave of attacks on Ukraine Russia has been accused of violating Polish airspace, after a missile exploded in a field in the east of the country, triggering Nato air defences, in the midst of a massive air raid that killed 13 people in neighbouring Ukraine . Polish authorities said that the explosion near the village of Tarnawa-Kolonia, close to Lublin, had created a 10-metre-wide crater. Residents of Tarnawa-Kolonia reported hearing an explosion at about 4am that shook the windows of their homes, police said.
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Polish PM visits scene of crater thought to have occurred during deadly wave of attacks on Ukraine Russia has been accused of violating Polish airspace, after a missile exploded in a field in the east of the country, triggering Nato air defences, in the midst of a massive air raid that killed 13 people in neighbouring Ukraine . Polish authorities said that the explosion near the village of Tarnawa-Kolonia, close to Lublin, had created a 10-metre-wide crater. Residents of Tarnawa-Kolonia reported hearing an explosion at about 4am that shook the windows of their homes, police said. Nato’s supreme allied commander for Europe , Gen Alexus Grynkewich, said: “Nato will continue to take all necessary measures to defend Nato territory.” The Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk , speaking at the scene of the explosion, in a field about 50 miles from the Ukrainian border, said the missile was most likely Russian. “From the analysis of most of the traces, the recovered fragments point to a Russian KH-101 missile,” he told journalists.