Earlier, Warsaw reported that a drone fell on a residential building in the Lublin region, partially destroying it. Later, the newspaper “Rzeczpospolita” published a report clarifying that what hit the house was not a drone but a missile fired from a fighter jet. Simoniak stated, “All indications are that it was a missile launched from our aircraft, which was defending Poland and protecting our citizens. The military has pledged to compensate for the damages.” He noted that the investigation is still ongoing, and experts are carefully studying the drone debris and missile remnants.
On Wednesday, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that his country’s forces shot down drones that posed a “threat” after they breached Polish airspace, stating that 19 aircraft crossed the air border. Tusk accused Moscow, without providing evidence, of being responsible. In response, the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Russian chargé d’affaires in Warsaw, Andrei Ordasz, but did not provide him with any evidence regarding the source of the drones.
The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that its forces launched a wide-scale attack on the night of September 10, with no planned targets inside Polish territory. The ministry expressed its readiness to conduct consultations with the Polish side about the incident. This is not the first time Warsaw has accused Moscow, without evidence, of violating its airspace. At the end of 2022, shells fell near the border with Ukraine, killing two people. At that time, local authorities claimed they were Russian munitions, but the Polish president then, Andrzej Duda, later acknowledged that they likely belonged to the Ukrainian armed forces, as confirmed by expert findings that showed remnants of a missile from the Ukrainian “S-300” system in incident photos.
