A missile hits Poland: How will Nato respond?
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 16 November 2022
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Nato is deciding how to respond after a missile hit Poland, which is one of its members, killing two people. In this emergency episode of Ukrainecast, the BBC’s chief international correspondent, Lyse Doucet, is joined by Vitaliy Shevhenko and Sam de Bendern , a political analyst with Chatham House and a former adviser with Nato. They discuss what we know and what Nato might do next.
We’ll be back with a full edition of Ukrainecast as usual at the end of the day.
The producers were Arsenii Sokolov, Clare Williamson and Fiona Leach. The technical coordinator is Dave O’Neill. The series producer is Estelle Doyle. The assistant editor is Alison Gee. And the editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.
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| 0:00.0 | It's 266 days since Russia invaded Ukraine. |
| 0:06.2 | I'm least upset, the BBC's chief international correspondent for Ukraine cast. |
| 0:11.7 | We're bringing you this emergency episode after a missile landed in Poland, a NATO member. |
| 0:18.5 | It killed two people. |
| 0:20.7 | Poland's president Duda says there is no conclusive evidence yet as to who launched the missile |
| 0:26.6 | or what the intended target was. |
| 0:29.3 | The US president Joe Biden says it's unlikely that the missile was fired from Russia. |
| 0:35.6 | But the fact is, a missile has landed on the territory of a NATO member. |
| 0:41.1 | There's just been a statement from Russia saying what it describes as high-precision |
| 0:46.0 | strikes were carried out only against targets on the territory of Ukraine and at a distance |
| 0:52.5 | of no less than 35 kilometers from the Ukrainian Polish border. |
| 0:58.7 | But I have a full edition of Ukraine cast later today, but in the meantime we wanted to keep |
| 1:02.8 | you up to date with what's happening. |
| 1:04.7 | This is a really crucial development, finding out exactly what has happened and what has |
| 1:10.6 | been the fallout. |
| 1:12.1 | We're joined by a regular friend of this podcast, Sam Dubendel, a political analyst with |
| 1:17.7 | Chattamhau. |
| 1:18.7 | She's a former adviser with NATO and the European Commission. |
| 1:22.1 | Welcome back, Sam. |
| 1:23.6 | Hi, I'm glad I wish I could stay glad to be back, but sad circumstances. |
| 1:28.8 | Yes, well, let's hope that this crisis is averted. |
| 1:32.5 | A familiar voice joins us to Vitaly Shepchenko, of course a regular presenter of Ukraine |
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