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Ryan Fahey

Poland missile strike: Daylight photo shows huge crater after two killed by explosive

A photograph taken at the blast site of the suspected Russian missile attack in Poland shows a cavernous crater left by the deadly explosion.

The image shows a mangled farm vehicle on the edge of a hole which is at least six-feet deep and around 20-feet wide, which was reportedly left in the ground after the missile hit.

Two people died in the incident after missile landed in Przewodow - a village just three miles from the border with Ukraine.

The bomb rocked the farm yesterday around 3.40pm and it's widely believed that the missile was Russian.

Russia has denied any involvement, blaming Ukraine and a potential Western conspiracy instead.

Whoever the missile was fired by, locals have been left traumatised after the "whistling" explosives shattered their small village yesterday.

Two investigators paw through the rubble of an explosion that killed two in a Polish village near the border with Ukraine (@PolskaPolicja/Twitter)

It comes as a leaked report from Germany's top military brass contends that a Russian invasion of Europe is at breaking point - and at its most likely since 1945.

The document urges Germany to prepare itself for war or face being wiped off the map.

The Ukraine crisis continues to simmer with Poland saying that a Russian-made missile fell in the east of the country killing two people - although US President Joe Biden said it was "unlikely" to have been fired from Vladimir Putin's army.

A map shows where the missile struck (Google/Datawrapper)

But if Russia did attack a NATO country then it would lead to a united response from the treaty members to repel it.

And German military leaders have said that the country needs to be better prepared as they believe this possibility of a European invasion is at its highest since World War Two.

This is according to confidential documents that have been leaked to the German publication Der Spiegel.

R ussia has denied involvement in the missile explosions, claiming reports were "deliberate provocation to escalate the situation" - seemingly referring to the war Vladimir Putin started in Ukraine.

The Russian Defence Ministry came out strongly against reports this evening that two Russian missiles landed in the eastern Polish town of Przewodow, and killed two people.

The ministry said: "Statements by the Polish media and officials about the alleged fall of 'Russian' missiles in the area of the settlement of Przewodow is a deliberate provocation in order to escalate the situation.

"No strikes were made against targets near the Ukrainian-Polish state border by Russian means of destruction."

In the past Russia has spoken out aggressively about Poland's role in getting supplies from NATO countries to Ukraine.

Some military experts have warned the strike, if purposeful, could be a "test" of the west by Russian forces.

The claims come after a senior US intelligence officer confirmed the incident that took place this afternoon.

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