Drone in Osinach
The Lublin Public Prosecutor's Office confirmed that the remains of the drone, which fell and exploded in Osiny ( Lublin Province) on the night of Tuesday for Wednesday, indicate the presence of explosives. territory lawyer Grzegorz Trusiewicz stressed that there is simply a “very advanced probability, bordering certainly” that there was an explosion. In the corn field, a crater was created with a diameter of 5–6 metres and a depth of about 50 cm, which is the center of the explosion.
Unofficial PAP information suggests that it could have been a military drone-wabik – without a warhead, but with a tiny amount of explosives. Analysis continues to explain whether the device has crashed and dropped or exploded in the air.
It is besides indicated that the drone could have come from the territory of Belarus or Ukraine and due to the low flight ceiling and the circumstantial plan was hard to detect by radar systems.
Photographs of device fragments found in the field were published in the media. According to ‘Rzeczpospolita’, the drone liable for the detonation is the Shahed 131 or 136 model, utilized by Russian armed forces in actions against Ukraine.
Response of Polish authorities
In consequence to the full event Radosław Sikorski on platform X wrote:
Another breach of our airspace from the East confirms that Poland's most crucial mission to NATO is to defend our own territory. There will be a protest by the Ministry against the perpetrator.
During the conference, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz confirmed that the drone was Russian.
Once again, we are faced with provocation from Russia, with a Russian drone. I have placed a task before the operational commander of types of armed forces to prepare a study on this Russian provocation.
On the another hand, General Dariusz Malinowski, who was present at the conference, spoke more about the specifications of the device that exploded:
According to our assessment, it was a alleged decoy that did not carry the warhead, but had a self-destructive warhead. Helicopters were immediately picked up to check for additional explosions or places characteristic of the plane crash or drone strikes in the area. These places have not been confirmed.
