Poland Confirms That Russian Missile Violated Its Airspace

The Polish Armed Forces General Staff has announced that a Russian missile violated Polish airspace on Friday, 29 December.

"Everything points to the conclusion that a Russian missile has entered Polish airspace. We have confirmation of this on national and allied radars," General Wiesław Kukuła, Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Army, said at a briefing after a meeting of the Polish National Security Bureau, as reported by RMF FM.

Polsat News, citing sources, previously reported that a Russian Kh-22 or Kh-101 cruise missile most likely entered Polish airspace, which then re-entered Ukraine and was shot down by its air defences.

Polish President Andrzej Duda convened a meeting of the National Security Bureau at 13:00 after reports emerged that an unknown object had entered Polish territory from Ukraine.

A flying object moving at high speed was observed by residents of the Gmina Dołhobyczów in the Lublin Voivodeship. It was in the vicinity of Przewodów, where a stray missile exploded a year ago.

The Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces confirmed the incident.

This happened amidst Russia’s large-scale attack on Ukraine. Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa, Lviv, Zaporizhzhia and other cities were hit. The attack resulted in casualties.

The Polish defence minister said he was in constant contact with the president, prime minister, chief of the general staff and operational commander of the Polish Armed Forces.