Biden says preliminary intelligence contests missile that hit Poland was fired from Russia

US President Biden speaking.

• Says he briefed NATO, G7 members on his talks with Poland
• Leaders have agreed to support investing to figure out exactly what happened
• Leaders will then determine next steps after finding out what happened
• Russia continues to escalate its attacks in Ukraine
• There is preliminary information that contests whether Poland incident was due to a missile fired from Russia
• Based on the trajectory its unlikely the missile was fired from Russia

Biden on if the missile to Poland was fired from Russia:

• “There is plenty of information to contest that. I don’t want to say until we completely investigate. It’s unlikely in the lines of trajectory that it was fired from Russia. But we’ll see."

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ICYMI:

• Stray Russian missiles may have killed two people in Poland. Markets react
• At least two dead after Russian missile lands in Poland on Ukraine border
• Pentagon:Cannot corroborate reportsof 2 Russian missiles crossing into Poland at this time
• Some reports that the Poland missile was actually parts of a rocket shot down by Ukraine
• Zelensky: We have long warned that Russian actions not limited to Ukraine
• Polish government spokesperson says raising readiness of military units

• US NSA Sullivan spoke with NSB Poland about reports of Russian missiles landing in Poland

• NATO SecGen Stoltenberg will chair an emergency meeting of NATO Wednesday morning

• Polish foreign ministry says Russian-produced rocket fell on Polish village Przewodów

• Polish President Duda says no definitive evidence of who fired the rocket

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