Belgian premier Alexander De Croo (Flemish liberal) has spoken of growing indications that the rocket that came down in a Polish border village killing two was fired by Ukrainian air defence systems. The premier added that without a Russian attack there would not be any need for the Ukrainians to fire air defence rockets.
“Everything that happened yesterday is linked to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine”
Colin Clapson
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The incident fuelled speculation of an escalation of the conflict. Belgian premier De Croo urged reticence and a need for thorough analysis before NATO responds: “It’s too early to draw conclusions” the Belgian leader said shortly before 09:00 CET.
“Of course, in recent days we witnessed how Russia fired massive salvos of rockets targeting large parts of Ukraine. This triggered a lot of anti-air defence fire in response. This probably led to the explosion in Poland. But let’s be clear, without a missile attack there wouldn’t be any need for anti-air defence missiles: Everything that happened yesterday is linked to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine”.
“There’s no threat to Belgium” continued Mr De Croo: “I’ve been in contact with the defence ministry. No extra measures need to be taken by Belgium”.