przewodow. the ministry spokesperson has added the ambassador to poland has been summoned to give him what he thought immediately details about the incidents. both scientists have used russian made ammunition. both sides. we re still gathering information about exactly what happened, and it will be a big topic as it gets under way today. what is important is the polish president speaking in the past few minutes has said he does think it was a one off incident and it won t happen again. but poland would be likely to trigger article 4 of nato tomorrow. all this comes as russian forces have launched waves of missile strikes across a wide area of ukraine,
reiterates the uk s solidarity with poland and express condolences for the victims. he says its government will remain in close contact and will co ordinate with nato allies. lots to discuss as that 620 summit gets under way here. the bbc s danjohnson is in krakow and had this to say about the reports of missiles landing in poland. this is exactly what people in the east of poland had feared right at the start of the war. when i was reporting here at the beginning of the conflict through the early weeks during march, particularly, people in this city and closer to the ukraine border were really worried about that conflict spilling over, either deliberately or accidentally. we saw more poles signing up for the territorial defence force. we saw them preparing for in case there were attacks that came across onto their territory. we saw people packing their cars, packing clothes, ready to flee further west. now, the tension has eased after the early weeks of the invasion. that threat hasn
request greater assistance in bolstering its own air defences. interestingly, for much of the year now, since the war broke out, since marge, there s been a very modern british surface to air system since march. there were two batteries moved from germany to poland to bolster its defences. so, there is some bolstering of poland s air defences already. there may be questions about more. i think the other aspect of this will be a renewed effort, certainly by those countries who are most bullish in arguing for ukraine to get better and more rapidly types of equipment, i think there will be talk about better air defences for ukraine. that is being done slowly. it s problematic. nato countries don t have huge numbers of systems that they feel able to send, but nonetheless, if it
there was this massive russian bombardment today across ukraine. at times like this, at times of crisis and this is a dangerous moment what you need are channels of communication between the opposing sides. you need one side to be able to pick up the phone and talk to the other. we know relations are bad between russia and the west, nato and america, but these channels of communication do exist, and only yesterday, russia s spy chief met his us counterpart, the cia director, for talks. reportedly, they talked about how to avoid nuclear escalation here in the ukraine war. so, you would expect that these kind of moments, conversations would be had you would hope so
secretary general. what do you think the two will be trying to ascertain, ortry think the two will be trying to ascertain, or try to pin down, in terms of red lines here, in terms of what action they take next? , , ., ~ next? they will be talking about what next? they will be talking about what each - next? they will be talking about what each side - next? they will be talking about what each side has| about what each side has learned. i think they will be discussing about next steps, the best ways to coordinate a response, making sure that the us and nato are in sync of whatever they do, that there is no daylight between the two, and also that both of then would reassure the eastern europeans that they will be protected and that nato stands with them. protected and that nato stands with them- protected and that nato stands with them. . , , ., ., with them. there has been a lot of discussion with them. there has been a lot of discussion about with them. there has been a lot of d