Brussels: Europe and the Arabs
A statement issued by NATO headquarters in Brussels early Wednesday morning said that NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will chair a meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Council to discuss developments in the explosion that occurred yesterday in eastern Poland, near the border with Ukraine. The Secretary General will meet the media at noon. Today at NATO headquarters after the meeting.
Two people were killed in Poland on Tuesday as a result of a Russian-made missile, according to Warsaw, which has raised the alert level of its forces in anticipation of any major escalation in the war in Ukraine.

Warsaw announced that the missile that fell in the town of Pervodov killed two people, but stressed that it had no conclusive evidence of the identity of the party that launched it, and indicated that it had summoned Russia's ambassador to it to provide "immediate detailed explanations."

Warsaw raised the alert level of its forces following an emergency meeting of the National Security Council.

"A decision was taken to raise the alert level of some combat units and other devices," government spokesman Piotr Mueller said after the meeting.

He pointed out that the agencies are "working on the ground to uncover the circumstances of what happened."

US President Joe Biden held telephone conversations with his Polish counterpart, Andrzej Duda, in which he confirmed "all support and assistance for the Polish investigation," according to the White House.

The two presidents agreed to remain in close contact to determine next steps as the investigation progresses.

Poland is covered by "Article Five" of the North Atlantic Treaty, which stipulates that any armed attack against a NATO member state is considered an aggression against all members, and requires taking measures that members deem necessary to assist the target country.

The US President and Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg held telephone talks, and representatives of the member states of the alliance are scheduled to hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday.

The fall of the missile in Poland prompted a wave of international condemnation, especially from European Council President Charles Michel, who expressed his "shock" and French President Emmanuel Macron, who indicated the possibility of raising the issue during the G20 summit held in Indonesia.

On Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of firing two missiles at Poland, which he considered a "major escalation" in the Russian invasion of his country.

Kyiv described the allegations that a Ukrainian missile had fallen in Poland as a "conspiracy theory".
"Russia is now promoting a conspiracy theory alleging that a missile (fired by) the Ukrainian Air Force fell on the territory of Poland. This is not true. Nobody should believe Russian propaganda or spread its messages," Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba wrote in a tweet.

The Russian Defense Ministry described the reports that Russian missiles had fallen in Poland, which borders Ukraine, as a "provocation".

The explosion in Poland came after Russian strikes targeted several parts of Ukraine, especially Lviv, near the Polish border.

Zelensky said that the strikes led to power outages for about ten million Ukrainians, but he later announced the return of power supply to eight million consumers, but he indicated that the strikes necessitated the automatic shutdown of two nuclear power plants.

Zelensky said the Russian military "fired 85 missiles" on Tuesday "primarily at energy infrastructure" and described the strikes as a "slap to the G20".

The Russian strikes caused a power outage in Moldova, located to the southwest of Ukraine, and Moldovan Foreign Minister Nico Popescu tweeted, "Every bomb that falls in Ukraine affects Moldova and our people."

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In a video intervention during the G20 summit, Zelensky said it was time to end the "destructive war" waged by Russia, while White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said in a statement that "Russian strikes deepen concerns in the G20 about the destabilizing impact of Putin's war." .

Since September, Ukrainian forces have made progress in reclaiming territory in the south of the country.