The US Defense Department stated Tuesday it was unable to corroborate media stories that two Russian missiles had landed inside NATO member Poland, however added it was investigating the claims.

“We are aware of the press reports alleging that two Russian missiles have struck a location inside Poland or the Ukraine border,” stated Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder.

“We have no information right now to corroborate that there has been a missile strike,” Ryder advised reporters, including that the Pentagon was “looking into this further.”

Poland borders Ukraine, which Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded on February 24, and has welcomed hundreds of Ukrainian refugees displaced by the preventing.

Moscow pounded Ukrainian cities with missiles on Tuesday, plunging seven million houses into darkness, dampening jubilation over the humiliating Russian retreat from Kherson metropolis.

It was not clear if the missiles which can have hit Poland have been a part of the identical wave.

Some 10,000 US personnel are on rotation in Poland, which is a daily contributor to NATO missions, in response to official authorities sources.

Ryder stated defending these troops could be taken “very seriously.”

“We’re very confident in any force protection measures that we take, whether it be Poland or elsewhere,” he stated.

“But again, we’re not going to get ahead of ourselves here. We’re going to get the facts. And then when we have more to provide, we will.”