Symbolic imageWarsaw summoned and protested to Russia's ambassador on Friday over the cruise missile that fell in south-eastern Poland, saying the recently built weapon shows Moscow's stocks are thinning. Air defences stay activated; Russia has not responded.
Early on Thursday, 30 July 2026, a cruise missile crashed into a field near the village of Tarnawa-Kolonia in south-eastern Poland, tearing a crater about ten metres wide. Nobody was hurt. Poland's prime minister said the recovered fragments point to a Russian Kh-101 and that Poland had not been the target of the strike. In response, Poland and NATO switched on ground-based and airborne air defences. Russia has not commented on the incident, and investigators have yet to identify the debris definitively.
Warsaw protested to Russia's ambassador on Friday after a missile entered Polish territory during Russia's nightly barrage against Ukraine, Al Jazeera reported. Poland asserts the missile was recently made, which it says shows the bombardment is draining Russia's arsenal.
A cruise missile came down in a field in south-eastern Poland early on Thursday, tearing a crater about ten metres wide near the village of Tarnawa-Kolonia and injuring no one. Poland's prime minister said the recovered fragments point to a Russian Kh-101 and that Poland had not been the target, while Poland and NATO switched on ground-based and airborne air defences. Russia has not commented on the incident, and investigators have yet to identify the debris definitively.