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.

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

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.

Polish investigators say the drone that crashed and exploded in a cornfield on Wednesday may have entered Polish airspace from Belarus, as services continue to comb the area around the blast's epicentre.

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.