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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said 19 Russian drones flew over Poland overnight, of which up to four were shot down - the wreckage of 16 have so far been found scattered across the Polish countryside, smashing into homes and damaging cars.

It marks the first time Russian drones have been downed over the territory of a Nato state.

Russia has rejected the accusation of the drone incursion being deliberate, with its military saying that “there had been no plans to target facilities on the territory of Poland".

But Moscow has said it is ready to discuss the incident with Poland.

Meanwhile, many global leaders have thrown their support behind Poland and Ukraine, and condemned Russia's actions:

• UK PM Keir Starmer called it a "barbaric attack on Ukraine and the egregious and unprecedented violation of Polish and Nato airspace by Russian drones"
• US President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social: "What's with Russia violating Poland's airspace with drones? Here we go!". Our reporter at the White House says Trump's frustration with Putin is evident
• Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte condemned Russia's "reckless behaviour" and said Nato allies stood in solidarity with Poland and Ukraine
• Defence ministers from the E5 group of nations - Italy, Germany, France, Poland and UK - held a press conference in London, and condemned the incident, during which the UK's Defence Minister John Healey said he has asked the British armed forces to "look at options to bolster" Nato's air defence over Poland
• Canada's PM Mark Carney and French President Emmanuel Macron also decried the "reckless and escalatory", with Carney saying it was proof that Putin has "total disregard for the path of peace"

We'll be ending our live coverage of the incident here, but you can read more in our story.

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Tomasz Wesolowski had a lucky escape today, when a drone crashed into his house as he was watching the news on TV about Russian drones flying into Polish airspace.

Wesolowski was downstairs when the drone struck the upper part of his home at 06:30 local time (04:30 GMT), destroying the roof, damaging a bedroom and scattering debris across the garden.

"I turned on the TV, and all the news was about this massive drone flight, and after a while, I heard a plane flying over... and suddenly something boomed, the light fell from the ceiling in the downstairs living room," he told Reuters in the eastern Polish village of Wyryki-Wola.

"I ran out into the yard, and I saw the whole roof in shreds, everything was destroyed."

Wesolowski's wife, Alicja, said she also ran outside and saw a plane overhead.

She wondered whether they were being bombed or that someone would start shooting at her.

Luckily, neither was hurt.

As we've been reporting, several drone wreckages have been discovered across Poland.

This one was found in Czosnówka.

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has given his nightly address on Telegram, and he has a message for global leaders - do more.

"Unfortunately, as of now, Russia has not received a tough reaction from global leaders to what the Russians are doing - a reaction in action," he writes.

This comes after leaders from around the world, including France, Italy, Germany, the US and UK condemned the "reckless" incident by Russia.

Zelensky goes on to say that Russia is "testing the limits of what is possible" and "testing the reaction" of Nato.

He says Ukraine's military was monitoring the movement of Russian drones from 01:00 local time, adding that Russia used both Ukrainian and Belarusian territory to enter Poland.

Moscow has not explicitly denied that its drones were sent into Poland, but said that it had no targets in the country.

Zelensky is adamant that this was no accident, however.

"Russian activity is calculated", he says.

The UN says this incident underlines the "real risk" of the "devastating conflict" in Ukraine expanding.

Speaking on behalf of UN Secretary-General António Guterres, spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said he had been following reports of Russian drones violating Polish airspace with "great concern".

He also reiterated the "urgent need" for a full, immediate and unconditional ceasefire, as well as sustainable peace in Ukraine, which upholds its sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity.

Paul Brown
BBC Verify

As we sift through footage from last night's Russian drone incursion into Poland it’s a good idea to be alert to any false or misleading footage that has found its way into the mix.

For instance, one clip shared on Instagram claiming to show a Russian drone over Poland - with a caption showing today’s date - has in fact been online for well over a month.

Our suspicions were first raised by the fact it was shot in daylight - as the incursion happened overnight. A reverse image search of a single keyframe using Google brought us to a YouTube short video showing exactly the same footage that was posted on 25 July.

Such practice is common during breaking news stories as certain users seek to boost their online profile.

In another update from Poland's interior ministry, 16 drone wreckages have now been found in the country.

They've been discovered in the following places:

• Czosnówka
• Cześniki
• Krzywowierzba-Kolonia
• Mniszków
• Oleśno
• Wielki Łan
• Wohyń, Wyhalew
• Wyryki, Zabłocie-Kolonia
• Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą
• Bychawka Trzecia
• between Radiany and Sewerynów
• Czyżów
• Sobótka
• Smyków

As a reminder, Polish officials said this morning that 19 Russian drones entered the country’s airspace overnight.

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The Polish President Karol Nawrocki has just written on X that he has spoken with Donald Trump.

"Just a moment ago, I spoke by phone with US President Donald Trump regarding the repeated violation of Polish airspace by Russian drones, which occurred last night," he wrote.

"The conversation is part of a series of consultations I am conducting with our allies.

"Today’s talks confirmed allied unity," he concludes.

Peter Mwai and Emma Pengelly
BBC Verify

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We have verified photos of a damaged drone in a Polish field which have been circulating on social media channels this morning.

They were captured on the outskirts of Czosnówka - a village in Poland’s eastern Lublin province. Two of the photos have been posted on Facebook by a Polish politician.

The rural setting made finding the location of the pictures challenging. However, we were able to confirm the spot by matching the railway line, pylons and greenery to a separate verified video as well as street-level imagery.

The video we verified shows Polish police at the same scene parked in a road alongside this field where a red temporary barrier had been set up to shield what we assume to be the drone.

We’ve checked for earlier copies of this material and confirmed it was first shared online this morning.

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Poland’s foreign minister says Poland and Nato believe the country was “deliberately targeted” by Russian drones.

In a video from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Radosław Sikorski says: “The assessment of Polish and Nato air forces is, they did not veer off course, but were deliberately targeted.”

He adds that, with Nato’s help, some drones were shot down. Properties were damaged, but nobody was injured.

Sikorski says he has spoken to foreign counterparts since the incident, including US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas. He has also summoned a representative of the Russian embassy to present a protest note.

Responding to Russian statements that the drones are not Russian, he says: “This was anticipated. Lies and denials are default Soviet responses.”

As a reminder - Russia has said it had no targets in Poland for the strikes, but doubt has been cast over that by Nato allies.

In case you’re just joining us, we’re closely following the situation after 19 Russian drones entered Poland’s airspace overnight, PM Donald Tusk says.

Some of them were shot down by Polish and Nato aircraft, he added.

The drones that entered Poland were part of a major aerial attack on Ukraine, where Russia launched 415 drones overnight.

Tusk said Poland was at its "closest to open conflict since World War Two”.

Here are some of the latest reactions from the past few hours:

Russia

• Moscow hasn’t explicitly denied the incident, saying only that the strike "did not include any targets" in Poland
• Russia also said it was ready to “hold consultations” with the Polish defence ministry

US

• President Donald Trump has posted on Truth Social: “What’s with Russia violating Poland’s airspace with drones? Here we go!” Our White House reporter said this shows his mounting frustration with Russia
• Trump will speak to Polish President Karol Nawrocki today

Nato

• Secretary-General Mark Rutte said the incident was “absolutely reckless”, expressing full solidarity with Poland

UK

• Prime Minister Keir Starmer also described it as an “extremely reckless move”, which “only serves to remind us of President Putin’s blatant disregard for peace”
• Defence Minister John Healey said he has asked the British armed forces to "look at options to bolster" Nato's air defence over Poland

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Whilst much of the focus today has been on Russia's air incursion in Poland, let us turn to the situation on the ground in Ukraine - where the war continues to rage on.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says he has spoken with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, on tightening sanctions on Russia.

The pair discussed joining forces with US partners to strengthen the sanctions, as well as how best to support Ukrainian children, including those who have been abducted, says Zelensky.

Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022.

We’ve just had an update from the Polish interior ministry.

Press spokesperson Karolina Gałecka says two more drones have been found in Polish territory, bringing the total to 14 so far.

Polish officials said this morning that 19 Russian drones entered the country’s airspace overnight.

Here are some more pictures of the sites where the Polish military said it shot down Russian drones last night, and the damage they've left.

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Matt Murphy and Paul Brown
BBC Verify senior journalists

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We’ve been speaking to military experts, asking why Russia may have flown a Gerbera drone into Poland.

Vice-Admiral Mark Mellett, the former head of the Irish defence forces, suggested that Russia may have been “checking the integrity” of Polish and Nato defence capabilities. He added that the use of non-lethal capabilities - the Gerbera drone isn’t usually used to attack targets directly - may have been an attempt by Russia to ensure that nobody was injured in the incursion.

But Mellett also suggested that the Gerbera drone, which is relatively cheap to make and uses basic navigation equipment, may have flown off course. He noted that “there is a real possibility that you had a systems failures or that jamming/disabling technology deployed on the Ukrainian side“ interfered with the drone’s flight path.

Dr Marina Miron of Kings College London also noted that the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) can easily be interfered with by jamming its systems and potentially sending it off course from its intended target.

“It's unlikely that they were sent into Poland intentionally, given their poor guidance,” retired US Marine Corps Col Mark Cancian of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) said.

Our Verify live page has more analysis on the downed drones in Poland.

Former US Ambassador to Poland, Daniel Fried, says this was “almost certainly” a deliberate attack.

“We should be sobered up if any of us still have the illusion that this conflict was of no interest to the West," he tells BBC Radio 5 Live.

Earlier, Nato secretary general Mark Rutte said several Nato allies, including the Netherlands, Italy, Poland and Germany, were involved in shooting down the drones that crossed into Polish airspace during Russia's overnight attack on Ukraine.

Fried says the fact that "planes scrambled, they didn’t have to ask permission, and acted in real time is a signal to Russia that the West may not be quite as feckless" as Putin thinks.

“With that said, we should take this seriously. Russia has been engaged in sabotage and assassinations in the West and against the West for some time. We have to assume [Putin] will [do this again]."

“He will be looking for weakness and we shouldn’t show it to him.”

Margaryta Maliukova
BBC Monitoring

In Poland, there is a sense that this is not the last incident of its kind. “This may just be the beginning,” newspaper editor Michał Szułdrzyński says.

He and others linked the drone incursion to a joint Russian-Belarusian military drill - Zapad - which is due to begin in Belarus on Friday.

Yesterday, Prime Minister Donald Tusk described these exercises as “very aggressive” and announced that Poland would close border crossings with Belarus the night before they begin.

“It is clear that this was not the last incursion of Russian drones into Poland,” journalist Bartosz Wielinski writes for the Gazeta Wyborcza daily, adding that "further provocations" are expected during the Zapad drills.

The weekly Newsweek Polska calls for a "firm reaction” from the government and Nato, saying "the Kremlin only understands the language of force".

“Expressing indignation and summoning the ambassador will not be enough. Especially since, according to Polsat News, one of the drones hit a residential house,” it adds.

Jessica Parker & Janis Heinz
BBC News

Germany's Defence Minister Boris Pistorius says the Russian drones in Polish airspace were “clearly directed on this course”.

Answering questions in the Bundestag in Berlin, he tells German lawmakers that "there's definitely no reason to suspect that this was a course correction, a mistake, or anything like that".

“They wouldn't have had to take this route to fly to Ukraine.”

He adds that this demonstrates how they are "under constant threat of provocation" by Russian forces in the Baltic Sea by water, and for Central Europe, through "hybrid attacks" or flights, like the drones.

Frustration with Putin evident in Trump's postpublished at 16:27 BST 10 September

16:27 BST 10 September

Bernd Debusmann Jr
Reporting from the White House

Trump's Truth Social post on Poland was very short - but clearly indicative of mounting frustrations with Russia and President Vladimir Putin.

Just a few short weeks ago - after months of unease over Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities - Trump and the White House celebrated what they saw as something of a foreign policy "win" when he met with Putin in Alaska.

But subsequent peace meetings between Trump, Putin and Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky have failed to materialise, and the war seems no closer to ending than it did before the Alaska meeting.

Earlier this week - before the drone incursions - Trump, not for the first time, threatened tougher measures against Russia and said he was prepared to move on to a "second phase" of sanctions.

Many around the world will now be watching to see whether the incursion into Poland prompts those long-awaited secondary sanctions.

US President Donald Trump has weighed in on the situation, posting on his social media platform Truth Social.

In a short statement, he writes: “What’s with Russia violating Poland’s airspace with drones? Here we go!”

As we've reported, a White House official tells the BBC there are plans for the US president to speak to his Polish counterpart, Karol Nawrocki, later today.