Poland has claimed a Russian military drone with a self-destruct warhead crashed and exploded in farmland in the country’s east, calling the move a “provocation” by Russia amid global efforts to end the war in Ukraine.

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.

A suspected Russian military drone crashed into a cornfield in eastern Poland early Wednesday, exploding on impact and damaging several nearby homes in

The object that crashed near the village of Osiny in the Łuków District of the Lublin Voivodeship was a russian drone. This is a provocation by russia, which

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.

An unidentified object fell into a cornfield and exploded overnight in the village of Osiny in eastern Poland's Lublin province, PAP newswire reported on Wednesday. Police officers found burnt metal and plastic debris at the spot,

Police received the call shortly after 2:00 a.m. At the scene, officers found charred debris of various sizes — metal and plastic — scattered over dozens of meters. They said the origin of the fragments has not yet been established and that the area is still being examined.