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Nov 16, 2022, 22 tweets

#BREAKING Biden says allies will 'figure out exactly what happened' in Poland

#UPDATE President Biden says after meeting allies that they will support Poland in probing "exactly what happened" in a missile strike that hit Polish territory.

He says preliminary information shows it was probably was not fired "from Russia" - citing the missile's trajectory

The US and its allies say they will investigate a deadly strike in Poland before deciding next steps, with President Joe Biden saying it was "unlikely" the missile was fired from Russia

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#BREAKING France urges "utmost caution" on origin of missile strike on NATO member Poland, warning "many countries have the same kind of weapons, so identifying the type of missile won't necessarily identify who is behind it"

#BREAKING China says all parties 'should stay calm' after Poland missile strike

#BREAKING Poland missile strike 'statement by Russia for G20': Zelensky speech

Poland's military on high alert after a deadly missile strike on a village near the border with Ukraine.

Western leaders met on the sidelines of the G20 summit, where they urged against jumping to any conclusions about the origins of the strike

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#BREAKING Germany's Scholz warns against 'hasty' conclusion on Poland missile strike

#BREAKING NATO holds emergency talks on Poland missile blast: diplomats

#UPDATE NATO ambassadors went into emergency talks on Wednesday after a missile explosion killed two civilians in a Polish village near the border with war-torn Ukraine

📸 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg

Map locating the Polish village of Przewodow, where a deadly missile strike killed two people on November 15
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The members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and those countries seeking to join the security alliance
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#BREAKING Russia has 'nothing to do with' missile landing in Poland: Kremlin

#UPDATE The Kremlin has praised Washington's "measured" response after a missile landed in Poland and US President Joe Biden said it was "unlikely" that it had come from Russia.

#BREAKING Polish president says 'very likely' missile was from Ukraine air defence

#UPDATE Poland's President Andrzej Duda on Wednesday said it was "very likely" that the deadly missile that struck a Polish border village was from Ukraine's air defence

#UPDATE NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said a deadly explosion in Poland was probably the result of Ukrainian anti-aircraft fire but that Russia bears "ultimate responsibility" for the war.

#UPDATE Poland on Wednesday said a deadly blast that killed two people in a village near the border with Ukraine was likely caused by a stray Ukrainian air defence missile launched against a Russian barrage
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#BREAKING Ukraine requests 'immediate access' to Poland missile blast site

#UPDATE Kyiv on Wednesday requested "immediate access" to the site of a deadly blast in a Polish village after Western officials said the explosion there was likely caused by Ukrainian air defences ▶️ u.afp.com/iqEC

#BREAKING Moscow summons Polish ambassador after Ukraine's missile allegations

VIDEO: 🇵🇱 Polish village in shock after missile blast

"I haven’t slept all night" said one resident of #Przewodow, near the Ukrainian border, where two men were killed in a blast Tuesday. Poland has said the blast was likely caused by a stray Ukrainian air defence missile

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