Russian missile strikes 15 km from the border with Poland. «Dozens of bombs and rockets fell on the Lviv district (Ukraine)», the Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, made this known with a post on X. Why this announcement? On the other hand, as we know, there have been similar incidents in the recent past as well. Like last March 24, when a cruise missile launched from Moscow violated Warsaw’s airspace. Not to mention November 15, 2023, when two rockets hit Polish territory. And that’s where the world war risked. So why all the fuss?
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What’s behind it
The European Championships are also approaching in Poland. Another test for the Polish prime minister. «At this moment Mateusz Morawiecki (former prime minister) is establishing a common anti-European strategy with the far-right pro-Putin politicians in Budapest. Stupidity? Betrayal? Or both?’ Tusk wrote. It is clear, therefore, that his objective is to attack his political rival. What are his positions? The former Polish prime minister has left the door open to a possible merger between his Eurosceptic political group and the far right in the European Parliament. And that’s what worries Tusk.
The raid alarm
Where did the attack that hit near Poland happen? Air raid warnings were announced during the night between Friday and Saturday in several Ukrainian regions. Including Kherson, Mykolaiv, Kirovograd and Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian website Pravda reported, citing military sources. The head of the administration of the Kharkiv region, Oleh Synehubov, announced that the Russians attacked, among others, the Kharkiv psychiatric hospital with S-300 missiles.
Previous
There are several precedents of Russian missiles falling on the border with Poland. Last March 24, a cruise missile launched from Moscow violated Warsaw’s airspace. «The object entered Polish space near the city of Oserdow and remained there for 39 seconds. For the entire duration of the flight, it was followed by military radar systems”, so the armed forces of the NATO country on km. Where do they end up? On Polish territory, in Przewodow. There are also two victims. An afternoon of real tension. Which then, however, was resolved without any results.
The risk of world war
What would have happened if the Russian missile had fallen on Polish territory? Here Article 5 of NATO comes into play. When does it go off? Only in the event that the Member States believe that there was an «armed attack». This, for example, is not the case. Because the target was evidently Ukraine. However, if the Allies should believe otherwise, then, in the exercise of the right of legitimate defense (individual or collective) recognized by art. 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, will assist «the party or parties so attacked taking immediately, individually and in concert with the other parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain security».
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