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A worrying lesson from the Polish missile tragedy

17 November 2022

1:02 AM

17 November 2022

1:02 AM

When what seems to have been a Ukrainian S-300 air defence missile accidentally hit the village of Przewodów in Poland, killing two farm workers, it became at once a litmus test of national attitudes and a reminder of the wider dangers of the war in Ukraine.

At first, confusion about what had happened allowed everyone to reach for their favourite conclusion.

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