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Another Ukrainian Missile Stunt
Moon of Alabama, Nov 16 2022

A factual assessment:

The missile(s) that impacted Polish territory near the Ukrainian border very much looks like a 5V55K from the S-300. https://t.co/Q3KHuettf0

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) November 15, 2022

The 5V55K is an old Soviet-produced missile (1978/82) for the S-300 air defense system that the Ukraine is using against Russian cruise missiles. Its nominal range in air defense mode is 75 km. If it fails to hit its target the debris is likely to fall at somewhat around that range. Przewodow in Poland (50.47099 lat, 23.93432 lon) where the missile landed, is some 70 km north of Lviv in Ukraine.

But WW3-mongers don’t care about facts:

Russia now promotes a conspiracy theory that it was allegedly a missile of Ukrainian air defense that fell on the Polish theory. Which is not true. No one should buy Russian propaganda or amplify its messages. This lesson should have been long learnt since the downing of #MH17.

— Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) November 15, 2022

“Russia promotes a conspiracy theory …”

Biden: ‘Unlikely’ missile that hit Poland fired from Russia
AP, Nov 15 2022

NUSA DUA, Indonesia — President Joe Biden said Wednesday it was “unlikely” that a missile that killed two in NATO-ally Poland was fired from Russia, but he pledged support for Poland’s investigation into what it had called a “Russian-made” missile.

It is good that no-one of importance fell for this stunt.

Poland: The S-300 strike seems to have come from the Ukrainian side.

US: Because of the trajectory, it’s unlikely to be a Russian strike.

British media, naturally: pic.twitter.com/auyho2C2vt

— Nina 🐙 Byzantina (@NinaByzantina) November 16, 2022