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Poland Summons Russian Ambassador After Cruise Missile Incident
Officials said the Kh-101 missile was made near Moscow and left a crater in a field, prompting NATO and European blame on Russia.
On Thursday, the Polish Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador after a Kh-101 missile landed in an eastern region near the Ukraine border; Prime Minister Donald Tusk confirmed the diplomatic action on Friday.
Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz stated the Kh-101 was manufactured in the second quarter of this year near Moscow, while a Ukrainian expert at the scene confirmed the missile's origin.
NATO and European leaders blamed Russia for the missile strike, which left a crater roughly 80km from the Ukrainian border and alarmed residents in the village of Tarnawa Kolonia.
In September 2025, around 20 Russian drones entered Polish airspace and were shot down or crashed, reflecting a pattern of incursions across Eastern European nations.
This incident recalls a November 2022 event when a Ukrainian air-defence missile killed two people in the village of Przewodow, underscoring Poland's vulnerability to cross-border incidents.
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