Tusk says Russian missile appears to have come down in eastern Poland

Members of the military and emergency services work near a crater in a field left by an unidentified object that appears to be a Russian missile near the village of Tarnawa-Kolonia in Lublin province, Poland, on Jul 30, 2026. (Photo: REUTERS/Kuba Stezycki) 30 Jul 2026 11:28PM TARNAWA-KOLONIA, Poland: An object that came down in eastern Poland overnight appears to be a Russian missile, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday (Jul 30), after authorities found a crater and scattered debris in a field following reports of an explosion. It was the latest in a series of airspace incursions in countries on NATO's eastern flank, including Romania and the Baltic states, that have fuelled fears of the war in Ukraine spilling over the alliance's borders. Poland scrambled fighter jets to se