According to the Polish President and the head of NATO, the two missiles that landed in Poland and killed two people were fired from Ukraine.
They believe the two missiles were anti-aircraft rockets that Ukraine was using to defend itself amidst a missile attack by Russia.
Here’s more from Politico:
A missile that crossed into Poland on Tuesday and killed two people likely came from Ukrainian air defenses trying to knock down a barrage of Russian rockets, the Polish government and NATO’s chief said Wednesday.
“Nothing indicates that this was an intentional attack on Poland,” said Polish President Andrzej Duda.
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that means Poland may not need to invoke Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty, which convenes NATO members to discuss whether a country’s “political independence or security” is threatened.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg chaired an emergency meeting of alliance ambassadors on Wednesday in Brussels to discuss the incident.
After the session, he said information so far suggests the missile that landed in Poland came from Ukrainian air defenses fighting off a massive Russian attack on Tuesday that saw the country pummelled by dozens of missiles that caused blackouts across Ukraine.
“We have no indication that this was the result of a deliberate attack,” he said. “And we have no indication that Russia is preparing offensive military actions against NATO. Our preliminary analysis suggests that the incident was likely caused by a Ukrainian air defense missile fired to defend Ukrainian territory against Russian cruise missile attacks.”
Duda said the explosion that killed two people in the village of Przewodów, about six kilometers from the Ukrainian border, was likely caused by the missile’s propellant, saying it was probably an S-300 anti-aircraft rocket produced in Soviet times.
“There is also no evidence that it was fired by the Russian side,” he said, calling it “an unfortunate incident.”
Despite the missiles coming from Ukraine, NATO’s president still says Russia is to blame for the incident because Ukraine was simply defending itself.
Ukraine’s allies aren’t blaming Kyiv for the incident, noting the country was trying to defend itself.
“Let me be clear, this is not Ukraine’s fault. Russia bears ultimate responsibility,” Stoltenberg said.
I guess NATO is breathing a sigh of relief because this means they don’t have to go to war with Russia to defend Poland.