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Flight tracking shows NATO response to Russian incursion in Poland
The advance of Russian drones crossed into Poland around 1.50am local time, with several drones reportedly entering the country from Belarus.
As Polish and NATO forces struck them down from the skies, litter and debris rained down across the country. Sky News has verified multiple locations where Russian drones crashed.
Wyryki-Wola, in the Lublin district in eastern Poland, was affected the most. But drones were found in northern, eastern, and southeastern areas of the country.
All of these verified locations are residential areas. A total of seven drones and the remains of an unidentified object were found by Polish authorities across the country.
Sky News has verified three images of the Russian drones that landed in Poland as Chinese-designed 'Gerbera' drones. One reached the northern town of Olesno, around 400km from the Ukrainian border.
The Gerbera was first deployed by Russia in July 2024 and is primarily used as a decoy drone. It gives a very similar radar signature to other destructive drones being used in the war - like Shahed drones - but is built from low-cost materials like plywood or foam, making it about 10% of the price to produce.
"The Gerbera drones have mostly been used as decoys to be shot down and waste a resource," says Rick Rickard, Operations Director at EODynamics. There have been reports of Gerbera drones being weaponised in Ukraine, but it is unclear if the drones in Poland were armed.
"It's clearly a provocation, but it's one where Russia can row back from it and say, "no, we didn't send any armed drones over.
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