Drone found in Poland likely from September airspace incursion, PAP reports

March 12, 2026 9:01 AM EDT

WARSAW, March 12 (Reuters) - ‌A ​drone ​found at a mine in western Poland is most likely one ‌of the Russian military drones that ⁠entered Polish airspace in September, the state news ‌agency PAP reported on ‌Thursday, citing sources close to the defence ministry.

NATO member Poland has been ​on high alert for incursions since more than 20 Russian drones entered ⁠its airspace on the night of September 9-10.

Some remains have ​been found in eastern Poland, but never before in the west.

Police ​said on X they ‌had been alerted to an uncrewed aerial vehicle found in Galczyce, ⁠about 170 km west of Warsaw, on the premises of a lignite mine.

"It doesn't ⁠look like a civilian drone, but there's no ​information about the model," police spokesperson Maciej Swiecichowski said from the western city of Poznan.

State ‌broadcaster TVP Info cited sources as saying it was a Gerbera ‌military drone like the ones that ⁠entered Poland's airspace ‌in September.

(Reporting by ​Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk, Alan Charlish, Pawel Florkiewicz, Anna Koper; Editing by Kevin ‌Liffey)



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