The missile that hit a family home in the village of Wyryki in the Lublin Voivodeship last week came from a Polish F-16 fighter jet, according to the Rzeczpospolita daily. It was a missile intended to shoot down a Russian drone, but due to a malfunction in the guidance system, it missed its target and landed on a residential building. The charge did not go off and there was no explosion. The residents escaped without injury, the Rzeczpospolita daily reports.
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The prosecutor's office in Lublin, which is investigating the incident, reported only about an unidentified object and refused to provide details. According to prosecutor's office spokeswoman Agnieszka Kepka, an expert opinion from a military equipment expert is awaited before a final identification can be made. The Ministry of Defense has not yet commented on the case.
Lublin Voivode Krzysztof Komorski confirmed that the affected family has received financial compensation and will be provided with all forms of assistance. According to the mayor of Wyryki, Bernard Blaszczuk, the municipality has provided the couple with alternative accommodation and has announced a fundraiser to repair the destroyed house, with a preliminary estimate of the cost at 50,000 zlotys (almost 12,000 euros).
According to Prime Minister Donald Tusk, despite the circumstances, Russia bears full responsibility for the incident."The perpetrators of the drone provocation, namely Russia, bear full responsibility for the damage to the house in Wyryky. The relevant services will inform the public, the government and the president about all the circumstances of the incident after the investigation is completed. Hands off Polish soldiers," the Prime Minister wrote on X (Twitter).
According to security experts, it was a response to the unprecedented incursion of Russian drones into Polish airspace last week. 17 machines, mostly decoys, were found in various locations in the east of the country. Analysts agree that the aim of the action was to test Poland's air defenses and political response.
