targeting power stations in one of the biggest coordinated attacks by the russians since the start of the conflict. ukraine s public broadcaster reported that the strikes had targeted kyiv and the wider region, as well as kharkiv, poltava, mykolaiv, dnipro, lviv, cherkassy, 0desa and chernihiv. the strikes follow russia s retreat from kherson and the west bank of the dnipro river last week. in a moment, we ll be hearing from our correspondent in russia, plus we ll hear how this is playing out at the 620 summit here in bali. we start with this report by our international editorjeremy bowen, who s in 0desa in southern ukraine. in the hours after the missiles hit, it wasn t clear whether the deadly events just inside the polish border were a deliberate attack or something else. perhaps a targeting error or a missile malfunction. russian s defence ministry denied any involvement, calling it a deliberate provocation aimed at escalation. poland s national security council went into emergency
and the wider region, as well as kharkiv, poltava, mykolaiv, dnipro, lviv, cherkassy, odesa, and chernihiv. the strikes come after russian forces retreated from kherson, and the west bank of the dnipro river last week. that was seen as a major win for ukraine. let s get this report from our international editor jeremy bowen, who s in odesa in southern ukraine. in the hours after the missiles hit, it wasn t clear whether the deadly events just inside the polish border were a deliberate attack or something else. perhaps a targeting error or a missile malfunction. russian s defence ministry denied any involvement, calling it a deliberate provocation aimed at escalation. poland s national security council went into emergency session. the poles are coordinating with nato. working out exactly what happened is vital. the north atlantic treaty says an attack on one member is an attack on the whole alliance.
the polish president, andzej duda, speaking, says the strikes may have been a one off incident and won t happen again. nevertheless, he said poland will likely trigger article 4 of the nato agreement. all of this comes as russian forces launched waves of missile strikes across a wide area of ukraine, targeting power stations, in one of the biggest co ordinated attacks by the russians since the start of the conflict. ukraine s public broadcaster reported that the strikes had targeted kyiv and the wider region, as well as kharkiv, poltava, mykolaiv, dnipro, lviv, cherkassy, 0desa and chernihiv. the strikes follow russia s retreat from kherson and the west bank of the dnipro river last week. in a moment, we ll be hearing from our correspondent in russia, plus we ll hear how this is playing out at the 620 summit here in bali. we start with this report by our international editor, jeremy bowen, who s in 0desa in southern ukraine. in the hours after the missiles hit, it wasn t clear whether