Children watched missile that would leave two dead exploding in Przewodow, just metres from their school
When the missile landed in the sleepy village of Przewodow at 3.40pm on Tuesday, Marian Przytula feared that the Russians were attacking Poland and that the world was on the brink of war.
Once the smoke cleared and the dust settled, he was horrified to discover that one of two men killed working at a grain facility was his friend Bogdan Wos, a retired local worker.
“He was my friend from school. He was a good man,” said Mr Przytula, 63, as he broke down in tears.
“I was terrified when I heard about his death,” he said in the tight-knit village of 500 people, which lies just 3.5 miles from the border with Ukraine.