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Reuters
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By Sabine Siebold and Joanna Plucinska

Analysis-Stray missile hit in Poland casts spotlight on NATO air defence gaps

Police officers work at the site after explosions in Przewodow, a village in eastern Poland near the border with Ukraine, November 16, 2022. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

Poland had started to bolster its air defences long before a stray missile landed just inside its border on Tuesday, but a robust shield for the skies along NATO's eastern flank is still a long way off after decades of neglect following the Cold War.

The missile that hit Poland appears to have been fired by Ukraine's air defences rather than a Russian strike, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday.

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