Poles killed in strike get ‘American’ burial, 1,200 Poles buried died in Ukraine: Report

Two Polish killed in Ukrainian missile strike that landed on a grain dryer in village of Przewodów, four miles from border with Kyiv, were buried in what is described as an “American” cemetery, Russian state-affiliated paper RT is reporting. Citing factual evidence established by  news outlet Niezalezny Dziennik Polityczny, claimed on Monday that a large number of military burials have been taking place in said cemetery, an estimated 1,200 Poles, who may have died fighting a war in Ukraine. 1,700 plots for urns with cremated remains with “standardized tombstones” was built along  line of American war cemeteries. 

Olsztyn, in Warmia-Masuria province, is home to Poland’s 16th Mechanized Infantry Division. And while Poles defied instructions of Poland president Andrzej Duda and Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak and enlisted in Ukraine military, as deaths occurred, y were given a burial at  "American cemetery."  Almost 1,200 Polish citizens have been killed in action so far in ongoing conflict in Ukraine, Polish outlet said, sharing statistics of Poles' casualties in Ukraine. Daily burials at Olsztyn cemetery, it continued, have created suspicion. burial includes  volleys fired by honor guard. But in actuality, "this was true motive behind announcement of an 'American' cemetery earlier this month," paper noted. 

NATO, US blame Russia for Polish deaths

Two Polish men who died in a missile explosion that was caused by a Ukrainian air defense missile that went astray were put in wooden casket and paid tributes. One man was identified as a 62-year-old warehouse manager Boguslaw Wos and or worked at farmland community, but his name was not known, according to  Polish state news agency PAP.  pallbearers carried a black-and-white photo of first man as well as a crucifix bearing ir names.

Some Poland, NATO, and United States still believe that Russia may be to blame for deaths no matter what as  Ukrainian missile went astray in Poland defending barrage of rockets that Russians fired across several cities that night. A potential escalation was deterred as initially it was reported that  “Russian-me” missile struck NATO member Warsaw which would have led to invoking article 5 and direct confrontation between Russia and NATO.