The president of the United States, Joe Biden, considered this Wednesday “improbable” that the explosion on Tuesday that left two dead in Polish territory near the border with Ukraine is a Russian attack.
When asked by the press about whether the missile was launched from Russian soil, the American pointed out that “there is a lot of information that contradicts that. I don't want to say until we fully investigate, but it is unlikely, due to the trajectory, that it was a missile fired from Russia."
News of the explosion caught world leaders taking part in the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, in bed. Biden, held a conversation shortly after 6 in the morning (local time) with the NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, and another with the Polish President, Andrzej Duda, to whom he expressed his "deep condolences" for the loss of lives.
Shortly after, he summoned the members of the G7 and NATO present at the Asian meeting to evaluate the available information. The meeting, held at his hotel, was attended by the German Olaf Scholz, the Italian Giorgia Meloni, the French Emmanuel Macron, the Canadian Justin Trudeau, the Japanese Fumio Kishida and the British Rishi Sunak.
Also participating are the leaders of Spain and the Netherlands, Pedro Sánchez and Mark Rutte, NATO members also present at the G20 summit as guests of this forum, as well as the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the president of the European Council, Charles Michel.
During the meeting, which lasted less than an hour, the leaders agreed "unanimously" to support Poland's investigation to determine "exactly what happened" before collectively taking "further steps," the American leader said.
Those present also addressed the "brutal" and "inhumane" attacks that Russia launched in recent hours against different regions of Ukraine, including the capital, and which have caused major power cuts.
“At a time when the world has come together at the G20 summit to urge de-escalation, Russia continues to choose escalation (of war) in Ukraine. There were wreckage and missile remnants in western Ukraine. We support Ukraine at this time and we will do everything necessary so that they can defend themselves,” Biden emphasized.
For its part, the Atlantic Alliance has also summoned its ambassadors early this Wednesday. “NATO is monitoring the situation and the allies are in consultation. It is important to establish all the facts," Secretary Stoltenberg said from his headquarters.
The Government of Poland attributed this Wednesday to a "Russian-made missile" the explosion recorded hours earlier in the east of the country near the border with Ukraine that caused two deaths, and summoned the Russian ambassador in Warsaw.
From Bali, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, was also "alarmed" by the news of the explosion in Poland after a massive attack with Russian missiles on Ukrainian cities. “I express my condolences and my strongest message of support and solidarity with Poland and our Ukrainian friends,” she declared.
