Polish Foreign Ministry demands explanation from Russia over airspace violation by missile

On the night of Friday 29 December, the head of the Russian Embassy received a note from the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs demanding an explanation for a violation of Polish airspace by a Russian missile.

Source: European Pravda with reference to a statement by the press service of the Polish Foreign Ministry

Details: According to the statement, Poland's Deputy Foreign Minister Władysław Bartoszewski summoned the Russian chargé d'affaires, Andrei Ordash.

Ordash was handed a note in which the Polish Foreign Ministry demanded "an explanation regarding an incident involving a violation of the airspace of the Republic of Poland by a cruise missile and the immediate cessation of such activities".

The General Staff of the Polish Army had previously stated that on Friday 29 December, Polish airspace was violated by a Russian missile. The Polish military found that the missile flew 40 km into Poland and returned to Ukraine three minutes thereafter.

Polish TV station Polsat News claimed, citing sources, that it was most likely a Russian cruise missile, either a Kh-22 or a Kh-101, which then flew into Ukraine before being shot down by Ukrainian air defence.

The incident occurred against the backdrop of a massive Russian attack on Ukraine. On the night of 28-29 December, Russia launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine. Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Odesa, Lviv, Zaporizhzhia and other cities were hit.  Civilians were killed and injured. 

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