According to the Polish military police, authorities discovered a fallen reconnaissance drone of unidentified origin 20 kilometers from the border with the Kaliningrad region.
A drone was discovered in Poland, having fallen in a field near the border with the Kaliningrad region close to the city of Bartoszyce. This was reported on Saturday, May 9, by the military police of Poland, as noted by DW.
"Initial checks at the scene indicate that the fallen UAV is likely a military drone used for reconnaissance purposes, but not intended for combat operations," the military police stated. The authorities have begun an investigation into the incident.
As noted by the Polish radio station RMF, the military police found Cyrillic inscriptions on the drone, which may indicate both Russian and Ukrainian origins of the UAV. The fallen drone is also equipped with several cameras, RMF reports.
According to the state television channel TVP Info, it is a reconnaissance drone that accidentally crashed between the city of Bartoszyce and the settlement of Oseka, approximately 20 kilometers from the Russian border.
Earlier, an unidentified drone was spotted near the border with the Russian Federation in Finland
On May 3, the Finnish Air Force reported that an unidentified drone violated Finnish airspace near the Russian border in the area of the municipality of Virolahti.
"The model and origin of the drone have not been established," the country's Ministry of Defense stated, adding that the drone subsequently left Finnish territory.
Ukraine, which has been defending itself against a full-scale Russian invasion for the fifth year, is striking military and oil and gas infrastructure targets in the Russian Federation. Previously, Ukrainian drones targeting sites within the Russian territory have already violated the airspace of Finland and the Baltic states.
In particular, at the end of March, Ukraine apologized to Helsinki for an incident involving the crash of its UAV on Finnish territory. At that time, Kyiv noted that this was caused by the actions of Russian electronic warfare (EW) systems.
