Poland’s national politician closest to the Ukrainian missile explosion in the village of Przewodow, in Lublin Province, asserts that Kiev did not make a mistake, but fired a missile as a deliberate provocation. He bases his assertion on the Ukrainian missile having travelled from the east to the west—the same direction as Russian missiles, not countering them. Pakula’s evaluation is plausible, but has not been otherwise confirmed.
Jaroslaw Pakula, recently the chairman of the city council of Lublin, stated: “Of course, this is a provocation on the part of the Ukrainian authorities…. The rocket could not be fired 100 km in the opposite direction by mistake.” If Pakula is right about what he describes as a provocation to drive the West to escalate the confrontation with Moscow, it would not be the first time Kiev has played these tricks, but such recklessness in a nuclear war-charged environment should rightfully wake up Ukraine’s so-loyal “allies” to what they are risking.