The killing of two people in eastern Poland on Tuesday by a missile fired in the Russia-Ukraine war has caused alarm across the world at the prospect of Nato countries being drawn into the conflict in defence of an ally.
Ukraine is not one of the military alliance’s 30 members, hence Nato’s reluctance to enter the fray militarily since the Russian invasion commenced in February or to implement a no-fly zone over the country, as president Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly requested, preferring instead to supply weapons and training only to the Ukrainian defensive effort.
