Missile that hit Poland is unlikely to have been fired from Russia, Biden says

Joe Biden has cast doubt on the origin of a missile that hit Poland and killed two people late on Tuesday, saying it is “unlikely” to have been fired from Russia.

The US president was speaking after a meeting with G7 and NATO leaders to discuss the incident, which hit a grain silo in Przewodow, near Poland’s border with Ukraine.

Ukrainian and Polish authorities said the explosion was caused by a Russian-made missile, but Mr Biden appeared to suggest the missile may not have been fired from Russia.

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He said: “There is preliminary information that contests that.

“I don’t want to say that until we completely investigate it, but it is unlikely in the lines of the trajectory that it was fired from Russia, but we’ll see.”

And three US officials have told The Associated Press news agency the missile could have been fired by Ukrainian forces at an incoming Russian missile.

They claim the Ukrainians had been trying to…