Russian Shahed drone crashed in Lublin Voivodeship, Polish Foreign Ministry confirms

Polish Foreign Ministry spokesman Pawel Wroński said this in a comment to tvn24.pl.

Reuters, citing the Foreign Ministry spokesman, reported that according to preliminary data, a Russian Shahed drone crashed in Poland. Wroński noted that “experts point to the Russian version of the Shahed drone.”

Poland’s Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz stated that it was “most likely a drone.” The Polish prosecutor’s office initially ruled out the possibility that it was a civilian or smuggling aircraft.

Earlier, the Polish daily Rzeczpospolita reported the information.

Mariusz Jóźwik, an assistant to the Łuków city police, said that at 2:22 a.m., police received a report of an explosion in Osiny (Łuków County, Lublin Voivodeship). At the scene, officers found charred metal and plastic debris.

“We found a spot in the cornfield where an explosion of an as-yet unidentified object may have occurred. We discovered burned items of various sizes scattered over several dozen meters. Police are on site, and we are inspecting the area,” Jóźwik said. The blast was powerful enough to shatter windows in three nearby buildings. No one was injured. Jóźwik added that “the area burned, but there is no impact crater.” Zenon Pisiewicz, commander of the state fire service in Łuków, said there was no need to extinguish the fire.

According to Poland’s Armed Forces Operational Command, “after preliminary analysis of radar system recordings from last night, no violations of Polish airspace were recorded, neither from Ukraine nor Belarus.”

“Information about the detected object, which preliminary estimates suggest may be part of an old propeller engine, was forwarded to the Air Operations Center – Air Component Command. Relevant services, including military police personnel, are analyzing the object on site. Air and ground search-and-rescue teams were deployed to inspect the incident area,” the statement reads.

Lublin Voivode Krzysztof Komorski confirmed that no one was injured in the explosion.

“As a result of the fall of an unidentified object, three buildings were damaged. There is currently no threat, and everyone can feel safe. Radiation levels have been checked and measured. Relevant services are investigating the scene. We will provide all necessary psychological support to residents,” said Komorski.

He noted that further investigation will be conducted by the military and prosecutors.

“We know an explosion occurred, and we know debris is present, but at this time we do not confirm any specific information about the object. Procedures that were supposed to take place were executed. We are fulfilling our duties according to established rules. Our deputy voivodeship police commander, the voivodeship state fire service commander, and other services, including counterintelligence, are present, though I will not discuss their involvement,” the voivode added.

According to unofficial information obtained by Rzeczpospolita, the object that exploded in Osiny may have been an Iranian Shahed 131 or 136 drone. In 2023, Russia began producing Shahed-136 drones using its own electronic equipment.