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
hello and welcome to the programme. let s begin with the conflict in ukraine. poland s government has appealed for calm, after two people were killed by a missile that landed near the border with ukraine. president andrzej duda said the missile was russian made, but it was not clear who had fired it. some polish military units have been place on heightened alert and aerial surveillance has been increased. president duda said poland was highly to likely to request formal consultations with its nato allies. 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
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.
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. translation: because of the seriousness of the situation i that we re dealing with, the president has just finished a conversation with the nato secretary general. we are verifying the circumstances under which we might invoke article 4. it follows a day of missile attacks on ukraine, one of the biggest since the war began. there were strikes across the country this was kyiv. most of ukraine s major cities were hit.
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. translation: because of the seriousness of the situation i that we re dealing with, the president has just finished a conversation with the nato secretary general. we are verifying the circumstances under which we might invoke article 4. it follows a day of missile attacks on ukraine, one of the biggest since the war began.