A Russian drone crashed in a field in eastern Poland, according to early findings, Polish officials said on Wednesday, in an incident the nation's defence minister described as a provocation.The drone hit and scorched a cornfield in the village of Osiny in the eastern Lublin province overnight,

A Polish general said early evidence points to the drone having a Chinese engine, and that it was likely "flying very low" to avoid radar.

A drone which crashed into a field in eastern Poland most likely came from the direction of Belarus, a regional prosecutor said on Thursday, following the incident described as a provocation by the defence minister.

Poland’s Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz says that a flying object that crashed and exploded in a cornfield in eastern Poland has been identified as a Russian drone

WARSAW - Polish officials said on Wednesday they were not ruling out that an object that exploded overnight in a field in eastern Poland was a Russian or smuggling drone, or a case of sabotage, though they had not detected anything entering Polish airspace.

Poland’s deputy prime minister and defence minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz has said that a drone which exploded overnight on Wednesday, 20 August, in the village of Osiny near the country’s eastern border was a Russian device.

Polish authorities said Wednesday that an object which exploded in the night in the east of the country may have been a military drone of unknown provenance.