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Poland summons Russian ambassador after missile incident

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WARSAW, July 31 (Reuters) - ‌Poland summoned the Russian ambassador on ​Friday and handed him a protest note after a Russian missile ⁠landed on Polish territory, a foreign ministry spokesperson said.

Warsaw confirmed on Friday that the projectile, which came ​down in eastern Poland on Thursday, was a Russian Kh-101 missile. ‌The incident was the latest in a series of airspace incursions on NATO's eastern flank that have fueled fears ⁠that the war in Ukraine may ⁠spill over the alliance's borders.

"We conveyed to the ambassador our unequivocal condemnation of hostile actions directed against the security of a sovereign state and its citizens," Foreign ‌Ministry Spokesperson Maciej Wewior told reporters.

"We demand an end ⁠to actions that endanger the lives ‌and safety of citizens and, ​at the same time, pose a risk of an aviation disaster."

The Russian embassy in Warsaw did not immediately ‌respond to an emailed request for ​comment.

Defence Minister Wladyslaw ⁠Kosiniak-Kamysz said earlier on Friday that Warsaw had ‌established the missile that ⁠landed in Poland was produced near Moscow in the second quarter of this year.

"This means that Russia is using ​newly produced missiles ‌to strike Ukraine," he wrote on X. "It confirms reports ⁠that Russian wartime stockpiles have ​been depleted."

(Reporting by Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk and Alan Charlish; ​Editing by David Holmes)

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