Kiev military admits that Ukrainian missile fragments probably fell in Poland

Ukraine’s air force spokesman Yuriy Ignat admitted that at least some missile fragments that fell in Poland earlier this week could have been Ukrainian, The Washington Post reported.

In an interview to the paper, Ignat claimed that scores of missiles were fired by both Russia and Ukraine on that day. In his opinion, the projectile whose fragments killed two people in eastern Poland could have been fired by both the Russian and Ukrainian military.

“Anything could be the result of this air defense battle,” he was quoted as saying.

The spokesman acknowledged that at least some of the missile parts could have been Ukrainian, adding that “we can assume at least thirty missiles were launched from our side.”

Antonov: Kiev seeks to trigger direct Russia-NATO standoff

The Ukrainian government is trying to trigger a direct confrontation between Russia and NATO, Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov said in a comment to Newsweek.

“The Ukrainian authorities are not only begging Washington to provide more military assistance, but are also trying to provoke a direct military clash between the Russian Federation and NATO,” the embassy’s press service quoted the diplomat as saying.

Antonov went on to say that West’s absurd attempts to shift responsibility for everything on Russia “can only provoke the Kiev regime, which already feels permissiveness.”

A missile crashed in the village of Przewodow in eastern Poland’s Lublin Voivodeship close to the border with Ukraine on November 15, killing two people. Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Wednesday the missile was part of the Ukrainian air defense system. The US State Department said the US has full confidence in the accuracy of conclusions made by Poland.

Source: Itar Tass

Edited by Hamda Mustafa