
A police officer walks near a police tent, after an unidentified object fell and exploded in a cornfield overnight, according to Polish authorities, in the village of Osiny, eastern Poland, on Aug. 20, 2025. Kacper Pempel/Reuters
OSINY, Poland—A Russian drone crashed in a field in eastern Poland, according to early findings, Polish officials said on Wednesday, in an incident the nation’s defence minister described as a provocation.
The drone hit and scorched a cornfield in the village of Osiny in the eastern Lublin province overnight, over 60 miles from the Ukrainian border and around 56 miles from Belarus.