Country overview
Poland: incident register since 2022
The Polish records cover airspace incidents, discoveries of debris and cases involving railways, arson and intelligence activity. A flight date is distinguished from a discovery date, and an arrest or allegation from a conviction. Incidents spanning several locations are not assigned an arbitrary point presented as an exact location.
What the register covers
52 records. 33 editorially verified. 2022-11-15 - 2026-11-05.
These are Borderline records, not a count of all incidents or Russian attacks. A record may cover several objects or locations. The connection to the war and responsibility are described separately in each record.
reconnaissance and preparation / airport disruption / infrastructure disruption / airspace incident / arson / infrastructure sabotage / object found / transport sabotage / cyberattack with physical effect
Timeline of records
Warmińsko-Mazurskie, Pomorskie and Wielkopolskie provinces
On 5 November Poland’s Internal Security Agency (ABW) disclosed an investigation into a group suspected of working for Russian intelligence and supplying Russia with components for ammunition and weapons. Officers searched 21 locations across three provinces between 21 October…
suspected / Record verified
Świdnica, vicinity of railway infrastructure
On 25 October 2026, police in Świdnica detained a 55-year-old Russian citizen photographing trains and railway infrastructure. Police said seized storage devices held hundreds of thousands of files documenting transport and industrial facilities, including outside Poland.…
unresolved / Record verified
Lublin and Rzeszów-Jasionka airports
During the daytime on 20 October 2026, operations at Lublin and Rzeszów-Jasionka airports were suspended again during a Russian attack on Ukraine and military activity. Lublin24’s 10:49 report describes new restrictions after the morning resumption of operations. At 18:29,…
unresolved / Record verified
Lublin and Rzeszów-Jasionka airports
On the morning of 19 October 2026, operations at Lublin and Rzeszów-Jasionka airports were suspended as a precaution during a Russian attack on Ukraine and military aviation activity. PAŻP, quoted by RMF24, subsequently confirmed that normal operations had resumed. This is one…
unresolved / Record verified
Lublin and Rzeszów-Jasionka airports
On the evening of 19 October 2026, PAŻP, quoted by RMF24, reported closure of the airspace over Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport for military aviation activity during a Russian attack on Ukraine. On the morning of 20 October, Lublin112 confirmed resumption of Lublin operations and…
unresolved / Record verified
Lublin and Rzeszów-Jasionka airports, morning restrictions
On the morning of 18 October 2026, operations at Lublin and Rzeszów-Jasionka airports were temporarily suspended in connection with military aviation activity. PANSA, quoted by Polish Radio/PAP/Reuters, confirmed that both airports subsequently resumed operations. One entry…
unresolved / Record verified
Lublin and Rzeszów-Jasionka airports, morning restrictions
On the morning of 16 October 2026, operations at Lublin were preventively suspended and traffic at Rzeszów-Jasionka restricted during a Russian attack on Ukraine and NATO aviation activity. Radio Lublin, quoting PANSA, reported in its 10:04 update that both airports had resumed…
unresolved / Record verified
Lublin and Rzeszów-Jasionka airports, morning restrictions
On the morning of 7 October 2026, civilian operations were restricted over Lublin and Rzeszów-Jasionka airports during a Russian attack on Ukraine and preventive military aviation activity. Spotted Lublin reports a NOTAM with restrictions scheduled to end at 07:00. The archived…
unresolved / Record verified
Lublin and Rzeszów-Jasionka airports
On the morning of 30 September 2026, Lublin and Rzeszów-Jasionka airports temporarily suspended civilian operations to give military aviation freedom to operate during a Russian attack on Ukraine. Radio Lublin/IAR, quoting PANSA, places the start at 06:00 and reports reopening…
unresolved / Record verified
Dorohusk and Zosin road border crossings
On 28 September 2026, Dorohusk and Zosin crossings were evacuated and processing suspended after a drone struck on the Ukrainian side of the border. Border Guard spokesperson Dariusz Sienicki confirmed both evacuations. PAP reported that processing resumed at 17:20. Poland’s…
unresolved / Record verified
Lublin and Rzeszów-Jasionka airports
On 28 September 2026, Lublin and Rzeszów-Jasionka airports temporarily suspended civilian operations to give military aviation freedom to operate during a Russian attack on Ukraine. Traffic subsequently resumed. Radio Lublin/IAR confirms both stages but does not establish exact…
unresolved / Record verified
Dorohusk and Zosin road border crossings
On 24 September 2026, processing at Dorohusk and Zosin was suspended because of Russian air strikes on Ukraine. The morning Border Guard account placed the start around 03:00; at 10:23 Radio Lublin reported that processing had resumed and no evacuation had been needed.…
unresolved / Record verified
north of Braniewo, near the Kaliningrad border
On 23 September 2026 at 11:08, according to Poland’s Operational Command, a Russian Armed Forces Mi-8 arrived from the Kaliningrad region and violated Polish airspace north of Braniewo. It penetrated up to about 300 m and remained for 42 seconds. Fighters were scrambled; the…
officially attributed / Record verified
Rzeszów-Jasionka and Lublin airports
On 23 September 2026, Polish military aviation was activated during a Russian attack on Ukraine. Rzeszów-Jasionka and Lublin airports temporarily suspended operations to give military aircraft freedom to operate. The suspension alone does not establish a violation of Polish…
unresolved / Record verified
Wola Krobowska, Starlink ground communications station
A fire broke out at the Starlink ground station in Wola Krobowska on the evening of 23 September 2026. On 25 September, Poland’s National Prosecutor’s Office opened an investigation into sabotage, a terrorism-related offence and acting for a foreign intelligence service.…
officially attributed / Record verified
Baltic Sea, about 40 km off the Polish coast
On 22 September 2026, Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz reported that Polish fighters had intercepted a Russian Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft over the Baltic Sea, about 40 km off Poland’s coast. This entry records an interception, without confirmation of a violation of…
officially attributed / Record verified
Rzeszów-Jasionka and Lublin airports
On 18 September 2026, another Russian attack on Ukraine prompted Polish and allied aviation operations, while Lublin and Rzeszów-Jasionka airports temporarily suspended traffic. Traffic resumed after the operations ended. The restrictions were preventive; their introduction…
unresolved / Record verified
Rzeszów-Jasionka and Lublin airports
On 17 September 2026, traffic at Lublin and Rzeszów-Jasionka airports was temporarily suspended and then resumed because of the threat during Russian attacks on Ukraine. Sirens sounded in Rzeszów and some public offices were evacuated. Reporting placed the drone crash about 4…
unresolved / Record verified
Rzeszów-Jasionka and Lublin airports
On 16 September 2026, during Russian attacks on Ukraine and Polish military aviation operations, traffic was temporarily suspended at Lublin and Rzeszów-Jasionka airports. According to reporting citing the Polish Air Navigation Services Agency, restrictions began around 07:00…
unresolved / Record verified
Rusinowo near Jarosławiec, Baltic Sea (West Pomerania)
On 14 September 2026, a drone was located floating off Rusinowo near Jarosławiec; according to the prosecutor, the sea washed it onto the beach at around 11:00. On 16 September, prosecutors reported that it carried a fragmentation/high-explosive warhead with a fuze and about 4…
unresolved / Record verified
WB Electronics plant, Skarżysko-Kamienna
Fire destroyed warehouse premises at the WB Electronics plant in Skarżysko-Kamienna. Prosecutors put the loss at at least 15 million zloty. An investigation was opened the same day under articles 130 §1 and §7 of the criminal code in connection with article 163 §1, that is…
suspected / Record verified
JFG Composites plant, Kasprowicza street, Lublin
On 30 August 2026 a large fire destroyed the warehouse and production hall and part of the office section of the JFG Composites plant on Kasprowicza street in Lublin, a maker of composite parts for aviation and a sub-supplier to Leonardo, owner of PZL-Świdnik; the owner's…
not assessed / Record verified
56 km north-west of Koszalin; 60 km north-west of Łeba
Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said that two Polish fighter jets had intercepted a Russian Il-20M reconnaissance aircraft 56 km north-west of Koszalin before noon. A similar incident had occurred the previous day, when Polish aircraft intercepted an Il-20 60 km…
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Field near Tarnawa-Kolonia, eastern Poland
During a Russian attack on Lviv a missile was detected near the border and turned back; then, at about 03:46, radar detected another missile in Polish airspace. F-16s were scrambled, but the missile disappeared from radar, flew 92 km and exploded in a field near…
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Near Oseka, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
A Russian reconnaissance drone marked with Cyrillic inscriptions and equipped with cameras fell near the village of Oseka in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. Authorities said it carried no explosives and posed no threat.
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Baltic Sea
Two Polish F-16s were scrambled to intercept an Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft flying over the Baltic Sea with its transponder switched off and no filed flight plan. A similar incident occurred on 8 April 2026.
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Podlaskie Voivodeship along the Belarusian border
Polish authorities discovered five balloons at various locations across Podlaskie Voivodeship along the border with Belarus.
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
railway station in Puławy, line 7 Warsaw-Lublin-Dorohusk
On the afternoon of 16 February 2026, at the railway station in Puławy, a 25-year-old Moldovan citizen applied the emergency brakes on three wagons of a train made up of a locomotive and 37 tank cars of diesel fuel travelling from Szczecin to Dorohusk, for Ukraine; according to…
not assessed / Record verified
Polish airspace along the border with Belarus (area not specified in the statement)
On the night of 1 to 2 February 2026 military radar systems recorded further balloon-like objects entering Polish airspace from the direction of Belarus. The Operational Command of the Armed Forces said the flights were monitored and posed no threat to air traffic or citizens,…
suspected / Record verified
Polish airspace along the border with Belarus (area not specified in the statement)
On the night of 31 January to 1 February 2026 military radar systems again registered balloon-like objects entering Polish airspace from the direction of Belarus; the Border Guard assessed them as probably smuggling balloons. The Operational Command of the Armed Forces wrote…
suspected / Record verified
airspace over Podlaskie Voivodeship, along the border with Belarus
On the night of 30 to 31 January 2026 military radar systems registered objects entering Polish airspace from the direction of Belarus, which the Operational Command of the Armed Forces assessed from their flight parameters as most likely balloons drifting with the weather; the…
not assessed / Record verified
Przasnysz - military unit of the 2nd Electronic Warfare Centre
A drone of unknown origin fell on the military unit of the 2nd Electronic Warfare Centre in Przasnysz, about 70 metres from an ammunition depot. The object had earlier been observed by the duty watch; it was suspected to be a reconnaissance drone reading data from the antenna…
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
distributed generation sites in the Polish power system
Remote terminal units, network equipment and the communications linking distributed generation sites to control centres were compromised: wind farms, solar installations and combined heat and power plants. No loss of supply followed; the prime minister said the attack had been…
suspected / Record verified
Polish airspace along the border with Belarus
According to the National Security Bureau, several dozen objects, four of them identified as smuggling balloons, entered Polish airspace from Belarus overnight. Polish officials called it "a provocation disguised as a smuggling operation". In a separate incident, a Russian…
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
near the village of Mika, Warsaw-Lublin line, Garwolin county
On the Warsaw-Lublin line near the village of Mika an explosive charge destroyed a section of rail, with roughly a metre of track missing. The interior minister described the event as an act of sabotage. The damage was found the following morning after a driver reported…
officially attributed / Record verified
near Gołąb and Puławy Azoty station, line 7
On line 7 near Gołąb the overhead line was damaged and metal fittings were bolted to the rail with the aim of derailing a train. The driver of a PKP Intercity service from Świnoujście to Rzeszów carrying 475 people braked after a damage alert; falling overhead line components…
officially attributed / Record verified
Orlen Petrobaltic drilling platform, Baltic Sea
Two Russian fighter jets violated the safety zone of the Orlen Petrobaltic drilling platform in the Baltic Sea.
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Multiple locations across eastern and central Poland; Warsaw Chopin, Warsaw Modlin, Rzeszów and Lublin airports closed
On the night of 9/10 September multiple Russian drones entered Polish airspace. Polish, Dutch, Italian and American aircraft operated in the airspace and air defence and radar systems were placed on high alert. At least 21 drones were recorded over Poland and up to four were…
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Polatycze, near the Belarus-Poland border
An unarmed drone bearing Cyrillic markings crashed in Polatycze near the Belarus-Poland border.
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Polish airspace near the Ukrainian border
Two Russian drones entered Polish airspace during an attack on western Ukraine. Polish and allied aircraft were scrambled and the drones were closely monitored until they left Polish territory.
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Osiny, Łuków County, Lublin Voivodeship
A Russian drone, probably a Geran-2, flew more than 200 km into Poland and around midnight crashed and exploded in a field at Osiny. The debris was identified in the morning across a burnt area 8-10 m across; during the 2.5-hour flight the drone was not detected by Polish air…
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Polish territorial waters, Baltic Sea
A Russian military helicopter from the Baltic Fleet entered Polish airspace over Polish territorial waters. It was tracked by military radar and the Polish Air Navigation Services Agency until it left.
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Gdańsk Bay
A Russian Su-24 violated Polish airspace near Gdańsk Bay for one minute and twelve seconds, penetrating 6.5 kilometres into Polish territory. Russia admitted the violation and blamed a malfunction in the aircraft's navigation system.
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Tyszowce area, Lublin Voivodeship
A drone of unknown type, probably a Shahed, violated Polish airspace and crashed in the Tyszowce area of Lublin Voivodeship, about 25 km from the border with Ukraine.
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
DPD depot at Jabłonowo near Warsaw
At 9am pallets of courier parcels caught fire at the DPD depot in Jabłonowo near Warsaw. Four crews of twenty firefighters each took two hours to put it out. Nobody was hurt.
suspected / Record verified
Marywilska 44 shopping centre, Warsaw
The fire at the Marywilska 44 retail hall in Warsaw broke out on 12 May 2024 at about 3.30am. More than 240 firefighters and 79 appliances attended, supported by over 60 police officers, and a remote-controlled firefighting robot was used. The governor's statement gave no cause…
officially attributed / Record verified
OBI store on ul. Radzymińska, Warsaw
Arson at the OBI store on ul. Radzymińska in Warsaw. The National Prosecutor's indictment dates the act to 13-14 April 2024. The extent of the damage and any casualties are not established in the source used.
officially attributed / Record verified
Near Oserdów, Lublin Voivodeship
A Russian cruise missile aimed at Ukraine violated Polish airspace near the village of Oserdów for 39 seconds. Polish and allied aircraft were activated in response.
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Polish airspace near the Ukrainian border (Lublin Voivodeship area)
A Russian missile violated Polish airspace for less than three minutes, tracked throughout by Polish and allied radar systems. Poland summoned the Russian chargé d'affaires.
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Polish airspace near the border with Belarus
Two Belarusian helicopters violated Polish airspace. In response, Poland summoned the Belarusian chargé d'affaires.
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Near Bydgoszcz (remains found in forest at Zamość near Bydgoszcz)
An unidentified object was detected on Polish radar during a Russian missile attack on Ukraine; neither a US F-15 nor a Polish MiG-29 could visually identify it before radar contact was lost. Missile remains were found in a forest near Bydgoszcz on 27 April 2023 and identified…
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Przewodów, Lublin Voivodeship
A Ukrainian air-defence missile went out of control and crashed into a grain drying facility in the village of Przewodów, killing two Polish civilians. The Polish investigation concluded the missile was of Ukrainian origin, fired during Ukrainian defence against a Russian…
officially attributed / Record verified