A Polish politician has angrily denounced Ukrainian leaders for trying to goad his country and the rest of NATO into a hot war with Russia using what may have been a staged missile attack that left two Polish citizens dead after it struck inside his country.

Jaroslaw Pakula, the former chairman of the city council of Lublin, the seat of the region where Przewodow — the missile strike site — is located, had been a supporter of Ukraine until the deadly incident earlier this week, Summit News reported. But after the strike, he bluntly said that Warsaw should send Kyiv a strong message rather than tell citizens in both countries "fairy tales."

"Of course, this is a Ukrainian rocket. Of course, this is a provocation on the part of the Ukrainian authorities," Pakula posted on his Facebook page.