Poland calls drone crash in the country’s east a Russian provocation amid peace talks
General Dariusz Malinowski said the drone appeared to be a decoy that was designed to self-destruct. He said it had a Chinese engine
Poland’s defence minister said a flying object that crashed and exploded in a cornfield in eastern Poland early on Wednesday was identified as a Russian drone, calling it a provocation by Russia.
“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 at around 2am and found burned metal and plastic debris at the scene, near the village of Osiny. The blast broke windows in some nearby houses, but no one was injured, PAP reported.
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.