Poland calls a drone crash in the country's east a Russian provocation
amid peace talks
[August 21, 2025]
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's defense minister said that a
flying object that crashed and exploded in a cornfield in eastern Poland
early Wednesday was identified as a Russian drone, calling it a
provocation by Russia.
At a news conference in Warsaw, Defense Minister Władysław
Kosiniak-Kamysz accused Russia of provoking NATO during a crucial
moment, as peace talks over the war in neighboring Ukraine are underway,
the country's news agency PAP reported. |
Police secure the area of a cornfield where an unidentified flying
object has crashed and exploded in the country's east in Osiny, Poland,
Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (AP Photo) |
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“Russia is provoking us once again,” Kosiniak-Kamysz said, just
as peace talks have given hope that the war “has a chance of
ending.”
Police said they received reports of the crash around 2 a.m. and
found burned metal and plastic debris at the scene, near the
village of Osiny. The blast broke windows in some nearby houses,
but nobody was injured, PAP reported.
Poland's Armed Forces Operational Command said Wednesday on
social media that no violations of Polish airspace from
neighboring Ukraine or Belarus were recorded overnight.
Officials initially said the explosion may have been caused by a
part of an old engine with a propeller.
Lublin District Prosecutor Grzegorz Trusiewicz told reporters
several investigators — both civilian and military — were
examining the crash site.
Since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than
three years ago, there have been a number of intrusions into
Polish airspace, raising alarm in the European Union and NATO
member state and reminding people how close the war is.
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