Poland Accuses Russia of Provocation Over Military Drone Crash

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By Piotr Bujnicki and Konrad Krasuski

August 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM UTC

Updated on

August 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM UTC

Poland’s defense minister accused Russia of staging a provocation after a military drone crashed and exploded in the eastern part of the country on Wednesday.

Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz told reporters that an object that fell in a corn field in the village of Osiny, which is some 70 miles from the border with Ukraine, was a Russian decoy drone.