WARSAW (Reuters) -A drone or similar object struck a residential building in Wyryki in eastern Poland but nobody was injured, the local mayor told state-run news channel TVP Info. Poland shot down
Drone or Similar Object Hits Residential Building in Eastern Poland
Incident Overview and Response
WARSAW (Reuters) -A drone or similar object struck a residential building in Wyryki in eastern Poland but nobody was injured, the local mayor told state-run news channel TVP Info.
Details of the Incident
Poland shot down drones that entered its airspace during a large Russian attack in western Ukraine on Wednesday, with the NATO member calling the incursion "an act of aggression".
Local Authorities' Actions
"At 6:45 a.m., I received a phone call from one of the office workers saying something had fallen," Wyryki mayor Bernard Blaszczuk told TVP Info.
Related Discoveries in the Region
"A drone or missile definitely hit the roof; we don't know at this point ... The police are providing security, and we have a crisis management team on site," he said.
Footage on TVP Info showed a house with a damaged roof and the rafters showing.
Elsewhere in eastern Poland's Lublin region police said they found a damaged drone in the village of Czosnowka.
The District Prosecutor's Office in Zamosc, also in the Lublin region, said it had been informed of the discovery of drone components, near a cemetery in the town of Czesniki.
(Reporting by Alan Charlish, Karol Badohal, Pawel Florkiewicz; Editing by Aidan Lewis)
