Poland says ‘everything indicates’ Russian missile briefly entered its airspace

Poland’s defence forces said the object penetrated about 40km (24 miles) into its airspace and left it after less than three minutes. The defence forces said both its radar and Nato radar confirmed that the object left Polish airspace.

Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk (Czarek Sokolowski/AP)

Poland’s defence forces said an unknown object entered the country’s airspace on Friday morning from the direction of Ukraine and then vanished off radars, and that all indications pointed to it being a Russian missile.

“Everything indicates that a Russian missile intruded in Poland’s airspace. It was monitored by us on radars and left the airspace. We have confirmation of this on radars and from allies” in Nato, said Poland’s defence chief, General Wieslaw Kukula.