Tusk says there is no evidence Poland was the intended target of Russian missile
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Donald Tusk (Photo: REUTERS/Kacper Pempel)
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said there is no reason to believe Poland was the intended target after a Russian missile crashed in the Lublin Voivodeship, adding that the incident remains under investigation on July 30.
"There are no grounds to believe Poland was the intended target. Russia will do everything it can to avoid responsibility," RMF FM quoted Tusk as saying.
The Polish prime minister visited the site where the object that violated the country's airspace overnight crashed. He said preliminary findings had been confirmed and that it was most likely a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile.
Tusk said the United States is interested in participating in the investigation into the overnight violation of Polish airspace.
"It is important to me that what happened in the past is not repeated. Everything must be transparent, and the public must be fully informed. This war is full of surprises. We must learn very quickly how to respond to new situations and new threats," the Polish prime minister said.
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski wrote on X that Kh-101 missiles are used exclusively by Russia's strategic air forces.
Poland airspace violation on July 30
Overnight on July 30, during a large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine, including its western regions, a powerful explosion was heard in Poland. Later that morning, Polish police said they had found a crater and debris from an unidentified object in the Lublin Voivodeship. The debris was discovered in a field between the villages of Tarnawa-Kolonia and Tokary.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile crossed into Polish territory overnight, violating NATO airspace.
Tusk later traveled to Lublin and convened a coordination group in response to the airspace violation.
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