both NATO and Warsaw said on Wednesday that the missile that hit Poland was probably a stray fired by Ukraine's air defenses and not a Russian strike.
Nevertheless, NATO's chief said Moscow was ultimately to blame for starting the war in the first place and launching the attack that triggered Ukrainian defenses.
"This is not Ukraine's fault. Russia bears ultimate responsibility as it continues its illegal war against Ukraine," NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said. NATO ambassadors were holding emergency talks to respond to the missile blast.
"From the information that we and our allies have, it was an S-300 rocket made in the Soviet Union, an old rocket, and there is no evidence that it was launched by the Russian side," Polish President Andrzej Duda said. "It is highly probable that it was fired by Ukrainian anti-aircraft defenses.”
