Poland blames Russia for firing missile into its territory as Moscow unleashes deadly attack on Ukraine

NATO and Poland scrambled military aircraft when a missile apparently fired by Russia landed deep inside Polish territory, as Moscow launched deadly long-range attacks across Ukraine that killed at least nine people.
The missile landed and exploded about 90 kilometers (55 miles) into Polish territory early Thursday, leaving a massive crater in the middle of a field, local authorities said.

“We were prepared to shoot down the missile if it had continued its flight,” Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk told an emergency government meeting, according to his office on X. “All indications suggest that it was a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile.”

Two NATO fighter jets, a NATO refueling aircraft, a Polish early warning aircraft and a Polish helicopter were deployed to counter the threat, a spokesperson for the alliance told CNN.

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