Russian missile landed 50 km from Poland's Lublin, Tusk says
Photo: Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk (Getty Images)
A missile that crashed in Poland on July 30 was carrying a warhead. It most likely came from Russia, according to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
Kh-101 in Poland carried a warhead
Tusk said that during Russia's massive missile attack on Ukraine, one of the Kh-101 cruise missiles violated Polish airspace.
"One of the cruise missiles Kh-101 violated the Polish airspace and fell 50 km away from the town of Lublin. The missile was armed," the prime minister wrote on X, adding that it was most likely a Russian missile.
"I would like to thank all EU and NATO leaders for their solidarity and readiness to help," Tusk added.
Sikorski on the Kh-101 explosion
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski told the BBC's World at One program today that it remains unclear whether the Kh-101 missile incident in Poland was intentional, The Guardian reported.
"We do not know whether this was a malfunction or deliberate, but at this stage we have to keep options open," he said.
Sikorski noted that allies must "stick to our plan of assistance to Ukraine," with a particular focus on supplying air defense missiles.
In his view, Russia may believe it can break Ukraine's resistance by targeting heating systems and electricity generation.
"They have destroyed 80% of Ukraine’s electricity generating capacity, which of course affects not only civilians but also production capabilities in the defence sector and so on," the minister said.
He added that President Vladimir Putin appears to be throwing everything he has at Ukraine in desperation. During the night of July 30, Kyiv and western Ukraine were among the areas targeted in the attack.
As previously reported, a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile entered Polish airspace during the night of July 30. According to Tusk, the Polish Air Force was prepared to shoot it down if it had continued flying over the country's territory.
On July 30, Poland urgently convened a coordination group after an unidentified object violated the country's airspace.
Earlier that morning, police in Poland's Lublin Voivodeship discovered a crater at the site where the unidentified object had fallen following an air raid alert.
