• Tuesday, 24 December 2024

Polish fire brigade: Blast in border village kills two, cause unclear

Polish fire brigade: Blast in border village kills two, cause unclear
Two people died in an explosion on a farm in the Polish village of Przewodów, near the border with war-torn Ukraine, but the cause of the blast is still unclear, a local fire brigade tells dpa. Unconfirmed allegations are circulating in Polish media that the cause was two stray Russian rockets that crossed into Poland from Ukraine. Neither Warsaw, Washington nor NATO headquarters in Brussels have confirmed the reports, which suggested a connection with the barrage of Russian rocket fire that hit cities and energy infrastructure across Ukraine. According to Kiev, the Russian army had shelled Ukraine with more than 90 missiles and cruise missiles on Tuesday. Russia's Defence Ministry, however, called the allegations a "deliberate provocation" to spread false news about Russia, state news agency TASS reported. No Russian missiles were fired at targets near the Polish-Ukrainian border and images of the alleged wreckage circulating on social media and some news outlets "has no relation to Russian weaponry," the ministry said.