A Russian missile that landed in Poland on Thursday was capable of carrying nuclear warheads, the NATO member state has revealed. Poland's Deputy Minister of National Defence told local broadcaster TVN24 last night that the Kh-101 missile that 'exploded' and left a 33ft-wide crater near the border with Ukraine was 'potentially very dangerous'. NATO has since said it has been in contact with Polish authorities and warned that it would 'take all necessary measures to defend NATO territory.'Mark Rutte, Secretary-General of NATO, called the incident 'yet another reckless act by Russia and a dangerous consequence of its war against Ukraine.'Polish police found the crater and scattered debris in a field near the village of Tarnawa-Kolonia in the Lublin province, following reports of an explosion.The missile disappeared from army radars tracking it in domestic airspace during Russian strikes on Ukraine. Poland scrambled fighter jets to secure its airspace after Russian air strikes killed at least 13 in neighbouring Ukraine, including one in Kyiv, the capital, in attacks that spread as far as the western city of Lviv.'An unidentified object moving westward was detected in Polish airspace,' the operational command of the armed forces said on X, adding that it disappeared from radars soon after the sighting at 3.40am. A 33ft-wide crater pictured in the Lublin region of eastern Poland, 56 miles from the Ukrainian border, amid reports a Russian missile crossed into NATO territory during a massive attack on Ukraine Polish military police and police officers work at the site of the crater, near the village of Tarnawa-Kolonia in the Lublin province Ukraine's foreign ministry said a Russian cruise missile had 'crossed into Poland' as part an attack on Ukraine, 'violating NATO airspace'A Mi-24 helicopter that went to the object's last location to verify and confirm the radar data pinpointed the likely crash site, it added.Later, Prime Minister Donald Tusk confirmed the object was a missile, saying: 'From the early morning hours, we have all been very strongly mobilised.'During Russia's massive missile attack on Ukraine, a serious incident also occurred in Poland. A missile fell in the village of Tarnowa-Kolonia. Fortunately, there are no reports of casualties or damage.'Ukraine's foreign ministry said a Russian cruise missile had 'crossed into Poland' as part of an attack on Ukraine, 'violating NATO airspace'. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Moscow had launched more than 70 missiles and over 280 drones at the country overnight.One person was killed and two more injured in the capital, emergency services said, with six more, including two children, killed in the regions ​of Dnipropetrovsk and Poltava.In Zelensky's hometown, the central city of Kryvyi Rih, two girls aged 5 and 12 were among ⁠six killed, with eight injured in what Oleksandr Vilkul, the city's defence council head, said was a direct strike by a Russian Iskander-M ballistic missile.'A dark ​night,' Vilkul said on Telegram, adding that the missile, launched from Russia's Voronezh region, struck the home of a large family, and warned the death toll could ​increase as emergency workers clear away rubble.Earlier, Zelensky had warned a massive Russian attack was likely, saying the safety of Ukrainians depended on the willingness of allies to provide anti-missile defences.'It is important that our partners ​fully understand what is happening and that the protection of people's lives depends directly on their willingness,' Zelensky wrote on Telegram. A man reacts near an apartment building hit by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Lviv, Ukraine July 30 First responders operate at a residential building partially destroyed as a result of Russian missile strikes in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on July 30, 2026, amid the Russian invasion in UkraineRussia's defence ministry said on Thursday ​its forces struck what it called military facilities across Ukraine, in areas from the capital Kyiv to Lviv and Dnipropetrovsk, as well as three cargo ships.The attack came two days after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with US President Donald Trump and representatives of American defence companies as he pleads for swifter and bigger deliveries of Patriot air defence systems to stop Russia's ballistic missiles.The Iran war has drained stockpiles of the US-made interceptors. Trump has promised to grant Ukraine licenses to build its own Patriots, but production could take many months.'Given the critical shortage of air defence missiles from our partners, our warriors are accomplishing truly incredible things, demonstrating a very high level of professionalism,' Zelensky said on social media.'This Russian terror once again proves that protection against the Russian missile threat is the most important task when it comes to saving the lives of our people,' he said.