Russia MoD says missile strike on Poland 'caused by Ukrainian air defence'

RUSSIA has denied striking Poland with a missile and insisted today (November 16) that the damage was instead caused by 'Ukrainian air defences'.

Russia's Defence Ministry said that an explosion in Polish territory on Tuesday had been caused by a Ukrainian air defence missile, and that Russian strikes in Ukraine had been no closer than 35 km (22 miles) from the Polish border.

"The photos published in the evening of November 15 in Poland of the wreckage found in the village of Przewodow are unequivocally identified by Russian defence industry specialists as elements of an anti-aircraft guided missile of the S-300 air defence system of the Ukrainian air force," the defence ministry spokesperson, Igor Konashenkov said.

NATO member Poland's president said earlier that Warsaw had no concrete evidence to determine who fired a missile that struck a Polish grain facility some 6 km (4 miles) inside the border with Ukraine, killing two people.