An ongoing investigation by the Polish authorities, with the help of the US, is looking into precisely what happened on Tuesday afternoon, when a missile hit farm infrastructure in southeast Poland, just 6 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, killing two workers.

“Nothing indicates that this was an attack directed intentionally against Poland,” said Duda. “This was most likely an accident. Russia yesterday attacked Ukraine, Ukrainian defence fired numerous missiles to neutralise the attack… It’s unfortunately very likely that one of the missiles fired by the Ukrainians fell on Polish territory.” In this context, Poland will not be asking to invoke Article 4 in the NATO Treaty.

What does this mean, precisely? Jonathan Terra, political scientist and former diplomat, explains it dialoguing with TWiCE's host Nick Watson.

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17 February 2023 | This Week in Central Europe

This Week in Central EuropeBy Reporting DemocracyFeb 17, 2023