Prosecutors confirmed a Russian Kh-101 missile landed in Poland’s Lublin region, utilizing a Ukrainian specialist’s assistance to examine the crash site and recovered components. <\/p>\n
A prosecutor from the District Prosecutor’s Office in Lublin reported at a Friday, July 31 press conference that investigators first mapped the missile impact area using an observation drone before conducting a detailed inspection. Marcin Kozak, spokesperson for the Lublin prosecutor’s office, stated that numerous aircraft components\u2014treated as such initially\u2014were systematically secured from the explosion crater and its immediate vicinity.<\/p>\n
He added that propulsion and electronic elements were among the items secured, while investigators also sought to analyze soil samples from the scene to determine the explosives used in the missile. Territorial Defense Forces soldiers subsequently searched a three-square-kilometer area from the crater, concluding operations around 8:00 PM on Thursday, July 30.<\/p>\n
Cataloging, segregation, and inspection of materials gathered at the site began early Friday morning, with a specialist from France\u2014erratum: from Ukraine\u2014engaged to assist in the work. The prosecutor’s spokesperson confirmed that a Kh-101 missile, manufactured in the second quarter of this year at a Russian facility, fell in the Lublin region.<\/p>\n
Investigators next plan to interview witnesses and review recordings that could help reconstruct the flight path. The investigation will be initiated under Article 173 of the Penal Code regarding causing a disaster in land, water, or air traffic threatening the life or health of many people or property of great size, and Article 212 point 1 of the Aviation Law concerning unauthorized violation of Polish airspace.<\/p>\n
The Operational Command of the Armed Forces (DORSZ) reported that during the night from Wednesday to Thursday, an unidentified object was detected in Polish airspace amid a Russian attack on Ukraine. An F-16 fighter jet was dispatched to identify and intercept it, but the object disappeared from radar, prompting an Mi-24 helicopter search whose crew found the impact crater near the village of Tarnawa-Kolonia in the Lublin Voivodeship, about 100 km from the Ukrainian border.<\/p>\n
Services arrived at the scene followed by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense W\u0142adys\u0142aw Kosiniak-Kamysz, and Minister of Interior and Administration Marcin Kierwi\u0144ski, who attended a coordination team meeting there. The Prime Minister stated they were prepared to shoot down the missile if it continued its flight, later confirming it was armed, while National Security Bureau (BBN) head Bartosz Grodecki conveyed that President Karol Nawrocki was kept continuously informed and was in contact with leadership since early morning.<\/p>\n
Due to the airspace violation, alarm sirens sounded on Thursday in Lublin and Krasnystaw before being quickly canceled, with the MSWiA head later noting the activation of the SPO-13 procedure regarding military and civilian air strike warnings. Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) spokesperson Colonel Martin O’Donnell assured that NATO remained in close contact with Polish authorities over the airspace violation, adding the Alliance would take all measures to defend NATO territory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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