Russian drone found off Polish coast carried explosives
Poland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz. File photo. Photo: Czarek Sokolowski/AP/TT
A Russian drone found in the sea off Poland's northern coast was equipped with explosives.
The drone was discovered on Monday and has now been examined, according to military prosecutor Bartosz Okoniewski.
"It contained a warhead with a detonator," he said, without disclosing details regarding the drone's specific equipment or potential targets.
Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz confirmed that the drone—identified as a Gerbera-2 model—was found in the sea off the village of Rusinowo in northwestern Poland. The prosecutor's office in Szczecin is launching an investigation into the incident, it was announced on Wednesday.
Poland shares borders with Ukraine and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. Polish airspace and territory have repeatedly been affected by drone incursions since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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