President Duda provided the Estonian head of state with an overview of the investigation into the incident, stating that further steps would be decided once the circumstances of the case had become clear.
“Estonia is prepared to assist its ally Poland as and when needed,” President Karis said.
The head of state described Russia’s aggression as a threat to Europe as a whole. “We can all see that this rocket strike on Poland close to the Ukrainian border is directly linked to the war of aggression being waged by the Putin regime,” he said. “No rockets would be striking Polish soil if Putin had not instigated his war in Ukraine, showing once again the need to reinforce collective defence on the eastern flank of NATO, including in terms of air and missile defence.” He added that the mass rocket attacks on Ukrainian towns, cities and villages yesterday was yet another example of Russian brutality.
President Karis asked that Estonia’s condolences be passed on to the families of those killed in the rocket strike. “It is a tragedy that two people lost their lives as a result of this incident on Polish soil,” he said.
