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Is it true: Polish Missile Strike (Przewodów, 2022)?

Debunked90% confidence

No — this has been debunked.

Polish, NATO, and US investigations confirmed the Przewodów missile was a Ukrainian S-300 surface-to-air missile that fell on Polish territory during a defensive intercept attempt against Russian missiles. Poland invoked Article 4, not Article 5. All three major conspiracy framings — Russian deliberate attack, Ukrainian deliberate diversion, NATO cover-up — are contradicted by physical evidence and the unanimous official conclusions of the state most affected (Poland).

The claim

On November 15, 2022, two people were killed in the Polish village of Przewodów, near the Ukrainian border, when a missile struck a grain-drying facility. Initial wire-service reports citing US offici

Key evidence

Initial AP and Reuters reports incorrectly cited "Russian missile hit Poland"

Physical debris identified as Ukrainian S-300 missile components

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