Russia’s UN envoy said statements by Warsaw and Kiev sought to trigger a direct Russia-NATO conflict over the missile incident in Poland.

“If this meeting hadn’t been scheduled, it would have had to be convened to discuss the attempts of Ukraine and Poland to provoke a direct clash between Russia and NATO. The absolutely irresponsible statements made by the leadership of these two countries cannot be perceived in any other way.

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky immediately after the explosion in Poland accused Russia of the shelling.

I am highlighting this for the colleagues: These statements came from a person that couldn’t fail to have the information that it was Ukrainian missiles fired by an air defense system that flew over to Poland. That means it wasn’t just deliberate disinformation but a conscious attempt to prompt NATO, which is waging a proxy war with Russia in Ukraine, to get involved in a direct clash with our country”, - said Vasily Nebenzya at a meeting of the UN Security Council.