Police discovered a damaged drone in the eastern Polish village of Czosnówka, police from the Lublin region announced on Wednesday, following violations of Polish airspace during a Russian attack on Ukraine.
“At 5:40 a.m. in the village of Czosnowka, police officers confirmed the discovery of a damaged drone,” the police wrote on X.
Poland scrambled its own and NATO air defences to shoot down drones in its airspace on Wednesday after a Russian air attack on Ukraine, marking the first time that Warsaw has got involved in the war in its neighbouring nation as it called the violation an act of aggression.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said operations were ongoing and that he was in “constant contact” with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. He has also called for an emergency meeting of the council of ministers at 8 a.m. (0600 GMT), a government spokesman said.
Poland’s military command said drones repeatedly violated Polish airspace during the Russian attack across the border, in western Ukraine.
Radars tracked more than 10 objects and those that could pose a threat were “neutralised,” the command said.
“Some of the drones that entered our airspace were shot down. Searches and efforts to locate the potential crash sites of these objects are ongoing,” it said in a statement.
It urged people to stay at home, naming the regions of Podlaskie, Mazowieckie, and Lublin as most at risk, adding: “This is an act of aggression that posed a real threat to the safety of our citizens.”