Another alleged Russian projectile has breached NATO airspace, which resulted in Polish warplanes being scrambled as they prepared to shoot it down.
However, what's been declared a probable Russian ballistic missile crashed to the ground in an uninhabited field in eastern Poland, leaving a huge crater and scattered debris in its wake. Some European outlets have more simply called it an 'unidentified object'.
10-meter wide crater at impact site, via The TelegraphPolish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Thursday addressed the overnight incident while visiting the impact site, saying, "All the indications are that it was a Russian Kh-101 ballistic missile, but we want to be 100% certain about the type of missile and who launched it."
"There was no direct threat because the missile landed in an uninhabited area. We were ready to shoot it down had it continued its flight," he added.
The operational command of Poland's armed forces said that "a helicopter crew located the probable crash site of the object in an undeveloped area near the village of Tarnawa-Kolonia in Lublin province," after it was seen at 3:40am local time.
"Officers discovered a crater and scattered debris from an unidentified object in a field located about 2 kilometers from the nearest buildings, between the villages," local police also stated on X.
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