Poland and NATO have said they believe it was a Ukrainian missile that misfired as the country was protecting itself from a missile barrage on Nov. 15.But the leader of Poland's powerful ruling party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, said he thought the Patriot system should be placed in Ukraine, and Blaszczak and other Polish leaders followed his line.An opinion poll published this week showed significant support by regular Poles for having the German rocket launcher located in Poland, where it will beef up defenses already enhanced by Poland and the United States since Russia's full invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24.Poland will be safer with them.”As Poland prepares for a national election next year, Law and Justice party leader Kaczynski has railed against Germany during his encounters with voters.Last weekend, Kaczynski accused Berlin of seeking to use peaceful means to achieve aims that “it once wanted to implement using military methods.”———Follow AP's coverage of the war in Ukraine: https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine"