Polish Prime Minister Declares Crater Likely Russian Missile

Donald Tusk, Poland’s prime minister, has said an object that crashed into a field in eastern Poland on Thursday was probably a Russian missile.

The unidentified object produced a 10‑metre (33‑ft) crater a short distance from the village of Tarnawa Kolonia, some 100 km (62 mi) from the Ukrainian border. It fell during a large‑scale Russian attack on the city of Lviv.

During a specially convened meeting in Lublin, Tusk stated, “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.”

Ukrainian acting foreign minister Andrii Sybiha had earlier said a Russian Kh‑101 cruise missile had crossed into Polish airspace as part of the country’s massive strike against Ukraine, violating NATO boundaries.

Polish defence minister Władysław Kosiniak‑Kamysz added that about 20 objects were seen near Polish airspace overnight and that a pyrotechnical analysis is underway to determine the identity of the fallen object. Polish military detected the event around 03:40 Thursday (01:40 GMT) and had an F‑16 intercept before the missile disappeared from radar.

Tusk reported no casualties but said the incident was treated as serious. He had met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Lublin the previous evening as the president returned from talks with U.S. president Donald Trump.

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The missile landed close to the village of Tarnawa Kolonia deep inside Polish territory