The unidentified object fell in a cornfield in the Polish village of Osiny, about 100 km from the border with Ukraine. The explosion damaged windows in several houses. Burnt fragments of metal and plastic were found at the scene.
According to prosecutor Grzegorz Trusiewicz, the examination indicated with a very high degree of probability that the drone was transporting explosives. At the same time, the Warsaw officials are in no hurry to name the drone’s affiliation, although it is already clear that it flew in from the territory of Western Ukraine.
The incident also revealed a major flaw in the work of Poland’s operational services. The initial report from the Polish Air Force Command showed that radar systems had not recorded any violations of Polish airspace. Now, according to Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, this data will be further verified.
Warsaw will likely try to hush up the crash and explosion of the drone, as there are numerous indications that a “friendly” Ukrainian combat drone flew into the Polish airspace. Such hushing up of an uncomfortable issue has already happened in Poland, when in 2022 a Ukrainian missile exploded in the Polish village of Przewodów, killing two Polish citizens. At that time, Polish President Andrzej Duda called the missile crash merely an “accident,” and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that responsibility for the explosion still lies with Russia.
That is how Poland is once again risking the lives of its own citizens for the sake of “collective solidarity”.
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