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Russia says Ukraine’s S-300 air defence missile behind Poland blast
- The defence ministry said Russian strikes in Ukraine had been no closer than 35km from the Polish border
- The Kremlin praised US President Biden for showing ‘restraint’ in his response to the blast as Nato partners called for a thorough probe into the incident
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Russia’s defence ministry said on Wednesday that an explosion in Polish territory on Tuesday had been caused by a Ukrainian air defence missile, and that Russian strikes in Ukraine had been no closer than 35km (22 miles) from the Polish border.
“The photos published in the evening of November 15 in Poland of the wreckage found in the village of Przewodow are unequivocally identified by Russian defence industry specialists as elements of an anti-aircraft guided missile of the S-300 air defence system of the Ukrainian air force,” RIA news agency quoted the defence ministry as saying.
It was not possible to independently verify the images or the identification.
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The Kremlin on Wednesday criticised how some Western leaders had responded to the incident.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Russia had nothing to do with the blast, and said a number of countries had made “baseless statements” about Moscow’s involvement.
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