The Polish Foreign Ministry has confirmed that the drone that crashed in a field in the village of Osiny in the east of the country turned out to be a Russian “Shahed.”
According to Ukrinform, this was reported by TVP World.
Polish Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Paweł Wroński said that the object that crashed at night in a cornfield in the east of the country turned out to be the Russian version of the Shahed drone.
Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said that Poland would lodge a diplomatic protest against the offender after the drone exploded near the eastern border.
“Another violation of our airspace from the East confirms that Poland’s most important mission towards NATO is the defense of our own territory,” Sikorski emphasized.
Earlier, a source in the Polish Ministry of Defense told the state news agency PAP that the object that fell in a Polish village was a military drone, probably a decoy drone without a warhead.
The source added that the drone contained only a small amount of explosives and was intended to target air defense systems, distracting them from real combat drones.
As reported by Ukrinform, an unknown object fell on a cornfield and exploded at night in the village of Osiny in the Lublin Voivodeship in eastern Poland, which borders Ukraine. The explosion knocked out windows in several houses, but no one was injured as a result of the incident. Police found burnt metal and plastic debris at the scene.
The military police are working at the scene, conducting a detailed analysis of the site. Air and ground search and rescue teams have been activated to check the area.
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Source: Polish Foreign Ministry confirms drone that crashed in field was Russian Shahed
