Tusk says Russian missile appears to have come down in eastern Poland

Members of the military and emergency services work near a crater in a field left by an unidentified object that appears to be a Russian missile near the village of Tarnawa-Kolonia in Lublin province, Poland, on Jul 30, 2026. (Photo: REUTERS/Kuba Stezycki)

30 Jul 2026 11:28PM

TARNAWA-KOLONIA, Poland: An object that came down in eastern Poland overnight appears to be a Russian missile, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday (Jul 30), after authorities found a crater and scattered debris in a field following reports of an explosion. It was the latest in a series of airspace incursions in countries on NATO's eastern flank, including Romania and the Baltic states, that have fuelled fears of the war in Ukraine spilling over the alliance's borders. Poland scrambled fighter jets to secure its airspace after Russian airstrikes killed at least eight people in neighbouring Ukraine, in attacks that extended as far as the western city of Lviv."All the indications are that it was a Russian Kh-101 ballistic missile, but we want to be 100 per cent certain about the type of missile and who launched it," Tusk told an emergency meeting."There was no direct threat because the missile landed in an uninhabited area; we were ready to shoot it down had it continued its flight," he added.NO REASON TO THINK POLAND WAS TARGET