For the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine in February, the war has come close to spilling across the border in a Nato country. On the evening of Tuesday November 15, a Russian-made missile landed in a village in Poland, killing two farmers. This was the nightmare scenario that Nato members had been fearing for some time.
After some confusion about who had launched the missile, it is now generally thought to have been fired by Ukrainian defence forces trying to target an incoming Russian missile. Nato’s secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, said this did not absolve Russia of the blame for the incident.
“ Let me be clear: This is not Ukraine’s fault,” Stoltenberg told journalists. “Russia bears ultimate responsibility as it continues its illegal war against Ukraine.”
