Russian Shahed Drone in Polish Airspace

As the spokesman of the Operational Command Lt. Col. Jacek Goryszewski told us, in all likehood, this is not a missile, but rather a Shahed type drone, though no visual confirmation has been provided. The object in all likehood landed Tyszowce town, where it is now being searched for. Polish officials have said that the object intruded into Polish airspace for a depth of about 25 km, and was observed by at least three radar systems.

The UAV in question was, in all likehood, used in the massive Russian attack against Ukraine launched earlier today. Poland did scramble its alert aircraft during the attack. Since late 2022, there were at least three confirmed cases of Russian cruise missiles intrusing into Polish airspace, including one missile that fell near Bydgoszcz in central-western Poland and two that subsequently left the Polish airspace. This is the first case of Shaheed intrusion into Poland, though earlier similar systems flew over Romania.