NATO says a Russian missile crashed in Poland. Ukrainian jets tried to destroy threats right up the border, Warsaw says.

Polish F-16s, among other aircraft, were scrambled in response to an airspace incursion on Thursday. Andrzej Iwanczuk/NurPhoto via Getty Images A Russian missile violated Polish airspace on Thursday, a NATO official told Business Insider. Ukrainian jets tried to destroy the Russian missiles before any crossed into Pol

An object that came down in eastern Poland overnight appears to be a Russian missile, ​Polish Prime Minister ‌Donald Tusk said on Thursday, after authorities found a crater and scattered debris in ⁠a field following reports of an explosion.

Polish authorities have said that a Russian ballistic missile crashed within its borders during Moscow’s overnight attacks on Ukraine. No injuries were reported as Kyiv warned air defense in the region needs boosting.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said an object that crashed into a field in eastern Poland in the early hours of Thursday was probably a Russian missile.

Donald Tusk said evidence indicated that a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile violated Polish airspace during Moscow’s overnight assault on Ukraine. No casualties or damage were reported in Poland, while the initial toll from the attacks across Ukraine stood at eight dead and dozens injured.

The explosion occurred in a field near Lublin, about 80 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, a government spokesman said.

Poland says a Russian missile landed inside Polish territory, breaching NATO airspace during a Russian attack on Ukraine

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the missile landed in an uninhabited area and did not pose a direct threat to civilians.

Russian missiles have briefly entered Polish airspace during Russian strikes on western Ukraine in the past, but a missile has never hit Poland itself.

NATO scrambled fighter jets overnight following concerning reports.

The unidentified object caused a 10m-wide (33ft) crater a short distance from the village of Tarnawa Kolonia, about 100km from the border with Ukraine during a Russian attack on the city of Lviv.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the incident appeared to involve a Russian missile, although authorities had yet to determine exactly what type it was.A suspected Russian missile crashed inside Poland on Thursday as Moscow launched one of its largest overnight attacks on Ukraine, killing at least eight people, i

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