Foreign object that exploded in Poland turns out to be a Russian UAV

The identity of the foreign object that exploded in a cornfield in Poland has been determined. Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz announced at a press conference that the foreign object that exploded in a cornfield in the village of Osiny at around 02:00 local time yesterday was a Russian UAV. Stating that officials immediately arrived at the scene following the explosion in the village, which is located in the Lublin region 100 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, Defense Minister Kosiniak-Kamysz reported that as a result of the investigations, they determined the foreign object was a Russian version of the Iranian-made Shahed UAV.

Kosiniak-Kamysz said, "Once again, we are facing a provocation by the Russian side, a Russian UAV. At a time when peace talks are ongoing and there is hope for the end of the war that Russia has launched against the Ukrainian state, which threatens NATO's security, Russia is resorting to provocation. Russia's strategy at critical moments is a strategy of provocation; hybrid warfare is still ongoing."

Deputy Operational Commander of the Polish Armed Forces Dariusz Malinowski stated that, according to their assessment, the UAV in question was a decoy UAV carrying a self-destruct warhead rather than a combat warhead. Noting that it is very difficult to detect such a UAV, Malinowski stated that the UAV likely flew at a very low altitude to avoid being caught by Polish radars.

While the windows of some houses were broken due to the explosion in the village of Osiny, it was reported that no one was injured. On November 15, 2022, an S-300 air defense missile launched by Ukraine at Russia went off course and fell into the village of Przewodow in southeastern Poland, resulting in the deaths of 2 Polish citizens.