the ghost of a spillover of war in Ukraine towards NATO territory planned last night in the European and US capitals. Two rockets of origin to be determined hit the Polish town of przewodownext to the border with the Slavic country, causing two deceased. While in Warsaw, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki convened an extraordinary meeting of the Security and Defense Committee of the Council of Ministers, the highest advisory body for state security, in Washington the US government claimed not to be in possession of information linking Russia to the bombing.
Polish radio station ZET reported that the two rockets hit agricultural machinery. The police, the Prosecutor’s Office and the Army had gathered at the scene, the same source reported. “Firefighters are at the scene; It is not clear what has happened & rdquor ;, he told Reuters lukasz kucy, a member of the local fire fighting force. A US intelligence source He maintained before a journalist from the AP agency that the two projectiles had been fired by Russian forces and had crossed the border demarcation, a point that neither the White House nor the Pentagon publicly confirmed: “We are aware…. At this time we do not have information to corroborate & rdquor; that the missiles that hit Poland were “Russian,” declared the Pentagon spokesman, Brigadier General Patrick Ryder.
Moscow denies responsibility
In Moscow, the Russian Defense Ministry strongly denied the accusations, calling them “provocation & rdquor;, and assured that his forces had not launched bombardments against targets in Ukraine located in the vicinity of the border with Poland. Polish government spokesman Peter Muller, He asked for patience to clarify the facts and called on journalists “not to spread unconfirmed information.” For his part, the President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelensky, described the events as a “very serious escalation & rdquor; of the conflict.
It’s about the incident More serious in which a member country of the Atlantic Alliance since the start of the war. It also occurs a few days after the removal of the russian troops from the southern city of Kherson, the biggest defeat suffered by the Kremlin Army in the entire war. A war setback to which Moscow responded by launching, throughout the day on Tuesday, more than one hundred missile strikes and one dozens of attacks with Iranian drones against energy infrastructure and civilian targets in Ukraine, leaving millions of citizens without electricity and cutting off power in 16 of the country’s 24 oblasts, including the capital kyiv. “It is clear what the enemy wants and is not going to get it,” Zelenski responded in a statement released by Telegram.
The reaction of Ukraine’s neighboring countries, especially the Baltic republics, with a very accentuated perception of the Russian threat, and fearful that the conflict would finally cross the borders, was not long in coming. The President of Lithuania, Nauseda Gypsy, he stated “to be in contact & rdquor; with “Polish friends & rdquor ;, before suing: “NATO territory must be defended to the last inch & rdquor ;. “The terrorist regime will be stopped by the united force of the allies & rdquor ;, he concluded.
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The Latvian Defense Minister Artis Pabriks, raised the possibility that NATO would supply “anti-aircraft defenses & rdquor; to Poland to defend its airspace and that of western Ukraine. “Deliberately, or unintentionally, it is an unacceptable situation & rdquor ;, he stressed, assuming that Russia was the origin of the attack. His Foreign Office colleague in Estonia, Urmas Reinsalú, assured that he was in consultation with his colleagues to offer a “united and firm” response. The EU, through the President of the European Council, Charles-Michelsaid he backed Poland “united”.
Be that as it may, the incident constitutes an escalation of a conflict in which many analysts assume that, sooner or later, it will end up exceeding the ukrainian borders. This has had an immediate impact on the energy prices and of the graintwo raw materials whose trade, vital for both developed economies and those of developing states, has suffered major disturbances due to the war. West Texas barrel price increased 3% a few hours after the incident, reaching $87 per unitwhile the price of Chicago wheat rose a 1.2%that of corn a 1.5% and that of soybeans 1,2%. The fluctuations in the prices of these products could end up aggravating the energy crisis and boosting inflation in Europe Y USA, In addition to fueling the problem of famine suffered by the Africa countries Y middle east.