Canada provides ‘assistance’ to investigation of Polish missile attack: Anand-National
Canada has offered to help with an ongoing investigation into a missile that struck NATO member Poland this week, raising fears of an escalating conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
Defense Minister Anita Anand confirmed Canada’s offer of help while speaking to reporters on Wednesday after meeting with her NATO counterpart earlier in the day.
“We have discussed the situation in Poland. There is an ongoing investigation, but at this time it is not wise to discuss the findings of that investigation as it has not yet been made public,” Anand said.
“It says Canada has offered to help with the investigation.”
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Poland and NATO say missile landing was not a ‘deliberate’ Russian attack
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Poland and NATO say missile landing was not a ‘deliberate’ Russian attack
Missiles hit Polish farmland on Tuesday, killing two people. Preliminary evidence showed “nothing at all to suggest that it was a deliberate attack on Poland,” Polish President Andrzej Duda said Wednesday.
“Ukrainian defenses are firing missiles in different directions and unfortunately it is very likely that one of these missiles fell on Polish territory,” Duda said.
At a meeting of the 30-nation military alliance in Brussels, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg agreed with Poland’s preliminary findings, saying, “There is no indication that this was the result of a deliberate attack. ‘ said.
Anand said Canada would “analyze them” once the Polish investigation into the strikes came out. She added that her findings should be available “in the short term,” but she did not provide any details regarding the timeline.
The missile attack prompted prompt expressions of concern around the world due to Poland’s membership in NATO and the impact that a Russian missile attack could have under the collective defense doctrine of the military alliance. urged.
Stoltenberg and others, on the other hand, take general rather than specific responsibility for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s strike.
“This is not Ukraine’s fault. Russia is ultimately to blame,” Stoltenberg said.
Ahead of the Polish and NATO assessments, U.S. President Joe Biden said it was “unlikely” that Russia launched a missile, but added that “we will try to find out exactly what happened.” .
Three U.S. officials said preliminary assessments suggested the missile was fired by Ukrainian forces at the approaching Russian forces, according to Reuters. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.
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When asked about these reports, Anand reiterated that subject matter experts are currently working on “active investigations.”
“We need to be careful in not jumping to conclusions before the report’s results are out, and that’s exactly what Canada is doing,” she said.
‘Canada supports the investigation’
Anand, meanwhile, said Canada remains firmly behind Ukraine.
“We will remain with Ukraine in the short and long term,” she said.
“Because this is an unjust and illegal war forced by Vladimir Putin.”
— Using files from Reuters
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Canada provides ‘assistance’ to investigation of Polish missile attack: Anand-National
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