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Russia under fire over Ukraine missile attacks, Poland deaths

NATO and Poland have now said the missile that fell on a village in eastern Poland was probably a stray fired by Ukraine's air defences [Mykola Tys/AP Photo]

The United States and its allies have criticised Russia in the United Nations Security Council over its responsibility for a deadly missile strike in Poland, an event the UN’s political chief called “a frightening reminder of the absolute need to prevent any further escalation” of the nine-month-old war in Ukraine.

The meeting, which was previously scheduled, convened a day after a missile NATO identified as a stray fired by Ukraine’s air defences crashed inside Poland, a NATO member, killing two farm workers.

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