Polish officials suspect that a wave of armed Shahed drones, along with Gerbera decoys, was deliberately flown into Poland to circumvent Ukrainian air defenses around the western city of Lviv, according to a report by the Financial Times. This suspicion arises as Polish authorities confirmed the discovery of another Russian drone fragment in Bychawka Trzecia-Kolonia, Poland, located at coordinates 51.071756, 22.532247. The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine also reported threats of ballistic weapons from the northern direction and shock UAVs from the Mykolaiv region heading towards Odesa. Earlier today, Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Radosław Sikorski, stated that 19 Russian-manufactured drones breached Polish airspace last night, asserting these incursions were deliberate. Drone debris has been found across multiple locations, including Pinattery, Sobótka, and Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą, where one drone crashed on the grounds of a Territorial Defence Force unit south of Warsaw. Fragments of a U.S.-made AIM-120C-7 missile were also found in Eastern Poland, likely fired by NATO aircraft intercepting the drones. Senator Lindsey Graham echoed President Donald Trump's condemnation of the "insane violation" of Polish airspace and stated that Congress is prepared to enact "bone crushing new sanctions and tariffs" against nations supporting Russia's war efforts, suggesting these measures would pressure Russia to negotiate. Poland has received offers of support for its air defenses from European allies. The Ukrainian Air Force reported multiple aerial threats across Ukraine between 2:32 PM and 2:47 PM UTC on September 10th, 2025, including reconnaissance UAVs and rocket threats. Russia's Foreign Ministry has previously labeled reports of drones in Polish airspace as myths.
