<p style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Poland raised its military readiness after what the country's President Andrzej Duda said was "most probably" a strike by a Russian-made missile.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Here are some of the major reactions from other nations:</span><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">- United States -</b><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The White House said US President Joe Biden was holding an "emergency roundtable" on Wednesday with allies to discuss the missile strike.</span><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The meeting in Bali, where a G20 summit is under way, was set to include the leaders of all other G7 nations -- Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan.</span><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Earlier, Biden called Duda. The two leaders "said that they and their teams should remain in close touch to determine appropriate next steps as the investigation proceeds," according to the White House.</span><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Speaking to reporters in Bali, he said the United States and its allies will "figure out exactly what happened" in Poland.</span><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">He also said it was "unlikely" that the missile had been fired from Russia.</span><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">- Ukraine -</b><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The president of Ukraine, which has been fighting a brutal Russian invasion since February, offered condolences to Duda in a call.</span><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">"We exchanged information and are clarifying all the facts," Volodymyr Zelensky tweeted.</span><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba dismissed as a "conspiracy theory" that the missile may have been fired by Ukrainian air defences.</span><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">- Russia -</b><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The defence ministry in Moscow dismissed reports that missiles fired by Russian forces had landed in Poland.</span><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">"Polish mass media and officials commit deliberate provocation to escalate (the) situation with their statement on alleged impact of 'Russian' rockets," it said in an online statement.</span><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">"Russian firepower has launched no strikes at the area."</span><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">-<b> Germany -</b></span><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed solidarity with Polish President Andrzej Duda.</span><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">"The chancellor has just telephoned Polish President Duda and expressed his condolences... Germany stands closely by the side of our NATO partner Poland," Scholz's spokesman tweeted.</span><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">- Britain -</b><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">NATO member Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called Duda to express "solidarity", Downing Street said.</span><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">"The Prime Minister offered any assistance needed to urgently establish what happened," it added.</span><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><b>- France -</b><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">French President Emmanuel Macron had called for talks at the G20 summit in Indonesia over the strike, his office told AFP prior to the White House roundtable announcement.</span><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">In France's National Assembly, State Secretary Sonia Backes delivered a message to deputies from Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne: "The government is following the situation on the ground in conjunction with our Polish allies very closely."</span><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">"In any case, Poland can count on France's solidarity."</span><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>- European Union -</b></span><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">EU chief Charles Michel said he was "shocked" by reports of the strike.</span><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">My condolences to the families," he tweeted.</span><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">"We stand with Poland. I am in contact with Polish authorities, members of the European Council and other allies." AFP</span><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">bnbd24/kh</span><br></p>