Ritter called the incident in Poland part of a scheme to involve NATO in the conflict in Ukraine

He said that Ukraine, Poland and the Baltic countries are prone to overreacting to any incident that could justify NATO's involvement in a conflict.

“This is a storm in a teacup.

I think any examination will clearly show that it was a Ukrainian weapon.

In addition, NATO has exhaustive evidence that Russia has nothing to do with it, ”Ritter said.

According to him, "the most they can hope for is the conclusion that Ukraine was forced to launch these missiles in self-defense."

Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense called the allegations of the Polish media and officials about the “missile incident” a provocation.

At the same time, the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov stressed that the Russian side had nothing to do with what happened.

On November 16, Polish President Andrzej Duda said that there is a high probability that the rocket that fell on the territory of the country belonged to the Ukrainian air defense forces.