Poland’s Foreign Ministry demands explanations from Russia over missile incident
On Friday evening, the Polish Foreign Ministry handed the head of the Russian Embassy a note demanding an explanation for a Russian missile’s disruption of Polish airspace.
This was reported by the press service of the Polish Foreign Ministry, Censor.NET reports with reference to European Pravda.
According to the report, Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Władysław Teofil Bartoszewski summoned Russia's Charge d'Affaires in Warsaw, Andrzej Ordash.
Ordash was handed a note in which the Polish Foreign Ministry "demands explanations regarding the incident with the disruption 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 Armed Forces earlier said that a Russian missile disrupted Polish airspace on Friday, December 29. The Polish military found that the missile flew 40 kilometers into Poland and returned to Ukraine three minutes later.
Polsat News cited sources as saying that it was most likely a Russian X-22 or X-101 cruise missile, which then flew back into Ukraine and was shot down by air defense.
The incident took place against the backdrop of a massive Russian missile strike on Ukraine.
