'Tough night' for Polish air defense as 'likely Russian' missile falls in Lublin region
A suspected Russian missile crashed into a field in eastern Poland during a large-scale aerial assault on Ukraine. Polish officials are investigating the incident, which triggered air defense alerts and the scrambling of F-16 fighter jets.
Why it matters
The incident highlights the ongoing risk of the Russia-Ukraine war spilling over into NATO territory, raising concerns about regional security and potential escalation.
Prefer on Google by Francis Farrell Photo for illustrative purposes. A Polish Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon takes part in a NATO shielding exercise at Lask Air Base in Lask, Poland, on Oct. 12, 2022. (Omar Marques/Getty Images) An object that crashed into a field in eastern Poland overnight on July 30 was probably a Russian missile, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.
"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," Tusk said at the site of the incident near the village of Tarnawa-Kolonia in the Lublin region.
The Kh-101 is in fact a cruise missile, not a ballistic missile.
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