Poland convenes emergency meeting after deadly blast near Ukraine border via nbcnews
The Polish government said a Russian-made missile killed two of its citizens Tuesday near the border with Ukraine, but U.S. President Joe Biden said that it was “unlikely” that it was launched from Russia.
"There was an explosion in Przewodów, as a result of which two of our compatriots lost their lives," Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said after the meeting."My thoughts are with their families, with their loved ones.” But Polish President Andrzej Duda, in an apparent bid to lower tensions, also stressed that the government is not yet sure whether Russia fired the missile.
Early Wednesday, Biden called an “emergency” meeting of the Group of Seven and NATO leaders who were gathered in Indonesia to discuss the attack in Poland hours earlier.
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