Armed Russian Drone Found Near Polish Beach: Officials
Prosecutors said the drone carried a live warhead that was neutralized on the beach before investigators moved the airframe for analysis.
- Polish officials confirmed Wednesday that a Russian Gerbera-2 drone carrying a live warhead was recovered from a beach near Rusinowo, with military prosecutors neutralizing the explosive device on site.
- Built from plywood and foam, the cheap aircraft is typically fielded by Russia as a decoy or reconnaissance platform, though investigators believe it was lost during test maneuvers over the Baltic Sea.
- "It contained a fragmentation-high-explosive warhead together with a fuze," military affairs prosecutor Bartosz Okoniewski stated to PAP. His team detonated the warhead on September 15 after safely separating it from the aircraft.
- Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz linked the recovery to a Russian drone downed over Lithuania on September 15, and Poland and Lithuania plan a joint investigation into the flight from the Kaliningrad region.
- This recovery follows a series of recent drone incidents across the Baltic region, as Poland, a NATO member, has faced repeated unauthorized incursions since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in 2022.
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A Russian Gerbera-2 drone equipped with explosives was found in the Baltic Sea off the northern coast of Poland on Monday, Polish prosecutor for military affairs Bartosz Okoniewski said. He explained that the drone had been secured and contained a warhead and a detonator, foreign news agencies reported.
Only recently Nato-Jets fired a Russian fighting drone over Lithuania. Now Poland reports: A drone fished from the Baltic Sea on Monday also comes from Russia – and was also armed.
The explosives were neutralized on the beach, Polish authorities say.
An aircraft found earlier this week on a beach in Poland is a Russian Gerbera-2 drone, announces the Polish prosecutor's office on Wednesday, reports AFP.
The Poznan Regional Park, in central Poland, confirmed Wednesday that the Russian military drone discovered Monday in the coastal area of Rusinowo town in the north of the country contained an explosive warhead with fragmentation and was prepared to...
Gerbera 2 found off the northwestern coast of Poland - Authorities have not yet verified its mission
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