Poland has claimed a Russian military drone with a self-destruct warhead crashed and exploded in farmland in the country’s east, calling the move a “provocation” by Russia amid global efforts to end the war in Ukraine.

A Polish general said early evidence points to the drone having a Chinese engine, and that it was likely "flying very low" to avoid radar.

A suspected Russian military drone crashed into a cornfield in eastern Poland early Wednesday, exploding on impact and damaging several nearby homes in

A drone which crashed into a field in eastern Poland most likely came from the direction of Belarus, a regional prosecutor said on Thursday, following the incident described as a provocation by the defence minister.

EADaily, August 21st, 2025. Poland has once again changed its position on the ownership of the drone that crashed the day before on the territory of the country.

Polish officials said on Wednesday they were not ruling out that an object that exploded overnight in a field in eastern Poland was a Russian or smuggling drone, or a case of sabotage, though they had not detected anything entering Polish airspace.

An unidentified object fell into a cornfield and exploded overnight in the village of Osiny in eastern Poland's Lublin province, PAP newswire reported on Wednesday. Police officers found burnt metal and plastic debris at the spot,