“We have offered Poland support in securing the airspace – with our Eurofighters and with Patriot air defense systems. We are already in Slovakia with them – we want to extend our presence there until the end of 2023, possibly even beyond,” said the minister of Düsseldorf’s “Rheinische Post” and Bonne “General-anzeiger” (Monday).
A missile hit the Polish village of Przewodow, just six kilometers from the border with Ukraine. Two civilians were killed. Currently, the West assumes that it was a Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile used to defend against Russian military attacks.
Immediately after the explosion, media reports also spoke of a Russian missile. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has so far maintained it was a Russian missile, but said he is not 100% sure what happened.
Lambrecht said that as a result of this event, the alliance had to position itself even better in terms of air defense. This is especially true for NATO partners such as Poland, Slovakia and the Baltic States, which border directly on Russia and Ukraine.
(SDA)
Source: Blick
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