Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the object that fell in the Lublin Voivodeship was most likely a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile. However, experts have not yet issued a final conclusion on the origin of the recovered debris.

Tusk said the available evidence currently pointed to a Russian Kh-101 missile, while stressing that a detailed examination of the fragments was still underway.

The Polish prime minister confirmed that no one was injured and no damage was recorded in the incident. He also praised the rapid response of emergency and security services.

Tusk said he remained in contact with European leaders, who had expressed solidarity with Warsaw and offered any assistance Poland might require.

An unidentified aerial object crossed into Polish territory overnight on July 30. A standby F-16 fighter was scrambled to identify and potentially intercept it. According to the Polish military, the radar contact disappeared six minutes after it was first detected.

Polish police later reported a powerful explosion in the eastern part of the Lublin Voivodeship. At the impact site, located about two kilometres from the nearest buildings, investigators found a crater roughly 10 metres wide and fragments of an unidentified object scattered nearby.