( Observer Network ) According to foreign media reports, on the 20th local time, German Defense Minister Rambrecht revealed to the media that after the Polish missile incident, Germany has provided "Patriot" missile defense system to Polish . The next day, Poland's Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Boischak said on Twitter that Poland would propose to deploy the system on the Polish-Ukrainian border.
Rambrecht said in an interview with the German local media Rhine Post and General Anzeiger that due to the missile incident, the allies had to better protect themselves in air defense , especially Poland, Slovakia and other countries that directly border Russia and Ukraine. At present, Germany has provided air defense support to Poland through European fighter jets and Patriot air defense systems.
Screenshot of the report of "General Anzeiger"
21, Polish Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Boischak posted on Twitter, "I am satisfied with the suggestion of the German Defense Minister to deploy more Patriot systems in our country. In today's call with Germany, I will propose to deploy the system on the border with Ukraine."
Boischak Twitter
According to previous reports, on the night of the 15th local time, two missiles hit a farm near the border between Poland and Ukraine, killing two people. Under the NATO Agreement's "Collective Defense Principle", if a NATO member state is attacked, other NATO member states will consider the act to be an attack on all member states and will take actions that they consider necessary to assist the member states under attack.
Although Poland, the United States and NATO all believe that the missiles are from Ukraine and the Russian Ministry of Defense also confirmed that the missile debris falling into Poland belongs to the Ukrainian S-300 missile, Ukraine firmly denied this statement. After the
incident, Ukrainian President Zelensky quickly blamed Russia, saying it was a "Russian missile attack on collective security" and a "major escalation" of the conflict, and said NATO needs to take "actions" against such "attack on collective security." After the investigation results were released on the 16th, Zelensky still insisted that the missile belongs to Russia.
On November 17, US President Biden raised objections, saying that Zelensky's statement "is not based on evidence." Zelensky then softened his words and changed his words to say that "not 100% sure" the whole story.
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