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Polish authorities report the fall of a military drone in the east of the country

The Ministry of Defence has not yet been able to determine whether it crossed the border incorrectly or whether it was used for sabotage.

Osiny (Poland), 20/08/2025.- Members of Polish military and police secure the area of a cornfield where an unidentified object fell in Osiny, eastern Poland, 20 August 2025. The object fell during the night from 19 to 20 August and exploded. Police found burnt metal and plastic debris at the site. As a result of the explosion, windows were broken in several houses nearby. No one was injured in the incident. According to the military, there was no violation of Polish airspace during the night. (Polonia) EFE/EPA/Wojtek Jargilo POLAND OUT

The drone crashed into a corn field in eastern Poland.

The Polish Ministry of Defence reported on Wednesday that a military drone crashed this morning into a corn fieldin the town of Osiny, near the town of Lublin, in the east of the country, 75 kilometres from the border with Ukraine. The authorities have not yet been able to determine whether it crossed the border incorrectly or whether it was used for sabotage.

Prosecutor Grzegorz Trusiewicz of the Lublin District Attorney's Office said at a press conference that it was a military drone carrying a small amount of explosivesand ruled out that it was a civilian device or used by smugglers.

The prosecutor said the drone could have collided with the power line, causing the explosion, which caused the rupture of glass in several nearby homes.

Trusiewicz does not rule out the entry of the drone from a neighbouring country, although the Polish Operational Command confirmed this morning that its radar systems did not violate airspace yesterday.

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