Biden declined to provide details about missile strike in Poland in emergency roundtable with world leaders
- President Biden had an emergency roundtable with world leaders following a missile strike in Poland.
- The president declined to draw conclusions about the strike when asked for details by reporters.
Following an explosion in Poland caused by an alleged Russian missile strike, President Joe Biden held an emergency roundtable with world leaders where he declined to draw conclusions or share details about the incident.
The strike that killed two people occurred Tuesday in an eastern Polish village just miles from the Ukrainian border, while the US president was in Indonesia for the G-20 summit.
"Can you tell us what you know so far about the explosion in Poland, sir?" a reporter asked following the roundtable, which was convened in response to the attack.
"No," Biden answered simply.
There is an ongoing international investigation into the origins of the missile strike. If the strike is determined to have been initiated by Russia against the NATO country, military experts have indicated it could be a significant "enlargement" of the war in Ukraine.
Speaking with reporters after the roundtable, Biden indicated the missile may not have been fired from Russia.
"There is preliminary information that contests that," Reuters reported Biden said when asked if the missile was fired from Russia. "I don't want to say that until we completely investigate it but it is unlikely in the lines of the trajectory that it was fired from Russia — but we'll see."
Representatives for the Biden administration did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.