Poland has convened emergency talks with its Nato allies after two Poles were killed by what Warsaw said was a strike by a “Russian-made missile” in the countryside near its border with Ukraine.
US President Joe Biden said it was “unlikely” that the missile had been fired from Russia after he and other western leaders convened a crisis meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia to discuss the incident.
The Polish foreign ministry said the two people died in the village of Przewodów after the missile hit at 3.40pm local time on Tuesday. Photographs posted on social media showed a damaged farm vehicle lying on its side next to a large crater. Local media reported the casualties were farm workers.