NATO says a Russian missile crashed in Poland. Ukrainian jets tried to destroy threats right up the border, Warsaw says.

Polish F-16s, among other aircraft, were scrambled in response to an airspace incursion on Thursday.

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Ukrainian fighter jets tried to shoot down Russian missiles near the border with Poland on Thursday; however, at least one breached Polish airspace, Western officials said.US Army Col. Martin O'Donnell, a spokesperson for NATO's Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, told Business Insider NATO and Poland activated their air and ground defenses "in response to a Russian missile of currently unknown type that entered Polish airspace" and crashed inside the country.O'Donnell said two Polish F-16s, a NATO A330 refueling aircraft, a Polish Saab 340 airborne early warning plane, and a Polish Mi-24 helicopter were all scrambled in response.Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said at the weapon's crash site that, per the "military's assessment regarding the missile fragments, everything points to the fact that it was a Russian Kh-101 missile."He said there is no indication to suggest that Poland was deliberately attacked. He added that Ukrainian fighter jets had tracked and attempted to destroy Russian missiles up to the border.The Kh-101, known by NATO as the AS-23 Kodiak, is an air-launched cruise missile with a maximum speed of around 600 mph that Russia frequently uses in large-scale attacks against Ukraine. Russia launched over 60 Kh-101s as part of an overnight barrage, the Ukrainian Air Force said in a statement.Andrii Sybiha, Ukraine's foreign minister, said a Kh-101 cruise missile crossed into Poland, "violating NATO airspace" during the attack.