Biden tells allies Poland blast was Ukrainian air-defense missile

G-7, NATO leaders held emergency meeting in Bali to weigh response

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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to reporters in Bali, Indonesia, on Nov. 16, after an emergency meeting of G-7 and NATO leaders over a missile that killed two people in Poland. © Reuters

KEN MORIYASU and NANA SHIBATA, Nikkei staff writers

BALI, Indonesia -- U.S. President Joe Biden told G-7 and NATO leaders on Wednesday morning that the missile blast in Poland that killed two people was caused by a Ukrainian air-defense missile, a NATO source confirmed to Nikkei Asia.

An emergency meeting was convened in Bali on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit, after Poland and Ukraine had said it was likely a Russian-made missile. Russia quickly denied its missiles struck Poland.

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