Russian missiles reportedly hit Poland, Moldova

Russian missiles strayed across the Ukrainian border into the territory of NATO member countries Poland and Moldova on Tuesday. The missiles were part of a barrage on Ukraine, a U.S. official said. The attack cut electricity to much of Moldova. Local Polish media reported a projectile hit a village near the Ukrainian border, killing two residents. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia fired at least 85 missiles at Ukraine today. 

Has Poland confirmed the strike? The Polish government has confirmed that a missile strike killed two people. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that the government was investigating the strike and that the country was raising its military preparedness. Polish officials have identified the missile as “most probably” Russian-made, but have not said that it was Russia that launched the missile or that Russia made it. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called an emergency meeting Tuesday for the alliance’s envoys to discuss the events close to the Ukrainian border in Poland.

Dig deeper: Read Priscilla Dei-Riebe, Chiara Lamberti, Brittany Raymer, and Mariia Sinchuk’s report in World Tour on Poland taking in Ukrainian refugees.