International voices calling for immediate ceasefire and negotiations need to be echoed quickly in the interests of the global and regional people, the British coalition said in a statement.

The text -signed by Chris Nineham, founding member of Stop the War- pointed out that the incident that happened on Tuesday in Poland is being used to call for the West to deliver more military aid to Ukraine and to implement more measures.

On Tuesday, a missile strike on a Polish village near the Ukrainian border, leaving two civilians dead.

The Ukrainian government, Polish officials and several Western media outlets quickly blamed Russia. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which includes Poland among members, called for an emergency meeting.

On Wednesday, Polish President Andrzej Duda reported there was no evidence the missile was fired by Russian troops, and that it was launched accidentally by Ukrainians.

In Stop the War’s view, although the warmongering rhetoric toned down after these explanations, the incident and reaction showed that “we are on a knife’s edge.”

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