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Polish opposition slam defence minister's handling of missile incident

FILE PHOTO: Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak attends the NATO defence ministers' meeting at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, February 14, 2023. REUTERS/Johanna Geron

Poland's main opposition party said on Friday the defence minister should face criminal charges for dereliction of duty, after the latter accused the army of failing to inform the government about a possible missile heading towards the country in December.

With war raging in neighbouring Ukraine and after the deaths last November of two Poles hit by what Warsaw concluded was a misfired Ukrainian air defence missile, national security is a key issue in Poland ahead of elections later this year.

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