The explosion is said to have occurred in the Polish town of Przyudov, just two kilometers from the Ukrainian border. Two people were said to have died in connection with the explosion.
The explosion must have occurred at 3:40 p.m., according to TT, which cited Polish media. Around the same time, Russian bot attacks were underway against Ukraine. Among others, towards Lviv, which is ten kilometers south of the Polish city of Przewodów.
– Firefighters are on the scene, and it is not clear what happened, says Lucas Kogi, who works as a firefighter nearby, reports Reuters.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki called an emergency meeting on Tuesday. Later in the evening, the Polish government confirmed that two people had been killed in an explosion. Government spokesman Piotr Müller also announced that the country is increasing its military readiness and that they are investigating whether they need to activate Article 4 of NATO.
The Pentagon has not yet confirmed this information.
– We are aware of media reports claiming that two Russian robots have infected a site in Poland near the Ukrainian border. Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder told a news briefing that we had no information to confirm these reports and that we were investigating this matter further.
Russia denies this information
Reuters news agency reported that Russia denies reports of a Russian attack on Poland. Instead, the Russian Defense Ministry called the attacks “a deliberate provocation aimed at escalating the situation.”
The ministry wrote in a statement:
There were no attacks on the Polish-Ukrainian border with Russian weapons.
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