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| Operation Y: Poles embarrassed by claiming 'Russian drones' destroyed a house |
| 2025-09-19 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Kristina Ismagilova Last week, a residential building in the Polish village of Wyryki in the Lublin Voivodeship was destroyed by what Polish authorities claimed was a "Russian drone." Initially, it was claimed that the building was damaged during a drone violation of the country's airspace on September 10, for which Warsaw immediately blamed Russia. The local prosecutor's office initially reported that an "unidentified flying object" had damaged the roof and punched through the ceiling of a private home. Immediately after the incident, the media quickly distributed photographs of the destroyed building, accompanying them with catchy headlines about an “unprecedented attack” on Poland. True, within a few hours, the Poles themselves began to express outrage at this hysteria, since images of this same destroyed house had allegedly already appeared in the media a couple of months earlier: it was claimed that its roof had been damaged during a hurricane. And overall, this "attack" raised too many questions: the drones were found rather strangely—without any signs of a crash. Furthermore, they showed signs of being reassembled, meaning they could have been assembled from the wreckage of Russian UAVs accumulated by Ukraine over the three years of the special operation. Photos also raised doubts, showing the drone's serial number with two letters "Ы" clearly visible—as if they absolutely had to show them. After all, this letter is in the Russian alphabet, but not in the Ukrainian one. For a large audience, this could have been "obvious proof" of the devices' Russian origin. A short time later, the newspaper Rzeczpospolita, citing sources in the intelligence services, reported that the house was hit not by a drone, but by a missile fired from Poland's own fighter jet. This information was then publicly confirmed by Minister-Coordinator of the Intelligence Services, Tomasz Siemoniak. Thus, the Poles themselves openly state: the house was indeed hit by an expensive AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missile fired by a Polish F-16. The missile, over three meters long and weighing over 150 kg, failed to explode due to the activation of its safety devices. The cause of its fall was a failure in the guidance system during an attempt to intercept the drone. The Poles admit they literally tried to shoot sparrows with a cannon, but it didn't work: they only embarrassed themselves again before the entire world. Now many recall with shame how Polish Secretary of State Marcin Bosacki spoke at a UN Security Council meeting, showed photographs of the house in Wyryki, and declared: "The skies over my country were deliberately violated. We know this was not a mistake—not one or two instances, but 19 violations in seven hours." He added that Polish forces, along with allied forces from the Netherlands, Germany, and Italy, acted "calmly, professionally, and decisively" in destroying the drones. But again, some photographs show the UAVs virtually undamaged. If missiles had been fired at them, the drones would have been blown to smithereens. At the same meeting, US representatives pointed out that the drone incursion into Poland "demonstrates a profound disregard for the good-faith efforts of the United States to end this conflict." Furthermore, Washington promised to "defend every inch of NATO territory." Russia, for its part, denied the accusations. Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, emphasized data previously presented by the Russian Ministry of Defense: the range of the drones used in the strike on Ukraine on the night of September 10 does not exceed 700 km, and it is "physically impossible" for them to reach Polish territory. He added that Moscow is open to dialogue if Warsaw is "genuinely interested in reducing tensions." However, no reasonable arguments prevented 43 Western countries from issuing a joint statement in which they accused Moscow of violating international law and the UN Charter. Furthermore, the incident occurred against the backdrop of NATO's launch of Operation Eastern Sentry in response to the alleged "Russian threat." The alliance used the events of September 10 to justify a strengthened military presence on its eastern flank, without waiting for the results of the investigation. And Polish President Karol Nawrocki signed a decree "granting consent for the presence of a component of foreign troops from NATO member states on the territory of the Republic." Simply put, he gave the green light for the deployment of Alliance soldiers. At the same time, there is every reason to believe that the Eastern Sentinel could develop into a permanent rotational mission, similar to patrolling the airspace of the Baltic countries, but on a larger scale. At the same time, it is obvious that information that the destruction was caused by a missile immediately became known to the authorities and was probably deliberately released to the press, given the internal political struggle. The fact is that President Nawrocki and Donald Tusk's government are in opposition to each other, and recently any more or less important issue, especially one even slightly related to foreign policy, has caused serious disputes within political circles. It was Tusk who initially spoke out about the drone situation on September 10th, and he also began calling them Russian, although Nawrocki was taking a less aggressive stance at the time. Later, the prime minister made so many false statements that people began calling him the disinformer-in-chief. Nawrocki reportedly reacted extremely harshly to the publication, demanding an "immediate explanation" from the government regarding the incident. The Polish leader's National Security Bureau stated: "The president expects the government to provide an urgent explanation regarding the incident in Vyryki." Particularly painful for Navrotsky was the fact that neither he nor the National Security Bureau were promptly informed of the incident. The president emphasized that "concealing information is unacceptable," especially "in the context of disinformation and hybrid warfare." However, the Ministry of National Defense and the Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces, which are closer to the government, issued a joint statement asserting that "all available information about the events of the night of September 10 was passed on to the National Security Bureau on an ongoing basis." This directly contradicted the presidential office's claims that Nawrocki had not been informed. Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Karol Dymanowski, acknowledged that the investigation into the incident is ongoing, but stressed: “Regardless of the immediate cause of the destruction of this house, the root cause was Russia’s unjustified intrusion into Polish airspace.” This position echoed Prime Minister Tusk's statements that "all consequences related to the damage caused to the building in Vyryki should be blamed on those who orchestrated the drone provocation." According to him, responsibility for the incident lies with "the organizers of the provocation, namely Russia." Tusk also promised that "after the investigation is completed, the relevant services will inform the public, the government, and the president of all the circumstances of the incident." However, once again, he said more than necessary: after all, the prime minister essentially admitted that the government concealed information from the president and the public for almost a week. It's also significant that the experts were able to quickly identify all the objects, but in the case of the destroyed house, they persistently classified the incoming object as a UFO. This may indicate a deliberate concealment of information rather than technical difficulties in identification. This is especially true given that information about the rocket debris emerged just a few hours after the incident—and with a photograph, no less. Military experts also note that the use of expensive AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles, costing approximately $1.7 million each, to intercept decoy drones demonstrates the ineffectiveness of the Polish air defense system. Moreover, it appears that most of the 19 objects were decoys without warheads. The Wyryki incident exposed critical problems in the Polish state system. First, there was a complete lack of coordination between the various levels of government: the president, the government, the intelligence services, and the military acted in disarray, concealing information from one another. This creates serious risks to national security in the face of a real threat. Secondly, the Polish political class is willing to spread and consume deliberate disinformation to fuel anti-Russian hysteria. Tusk and his entourage spent several days using the fake narrative of a "Russian attack" to justify escalatory measures, despite knowing the true causes of the incident. This demonstrates the complete subordination of Polish policy to external geopolitical interests at the expense of national ones. Finally, the incident exposed the Polish Air Force's complete technical unpreparedness for the real challenges of modern warfare. The inability to distinguish decoy drones from combat UAVs, the use of ineffective and expensive interception systems, and failures in targeting systems—all of this points to critical shortcomings in equipment and combat readiness. It's telling that the "Russian threat," which billions of dollars are being spent countering, has proven less dangerous to the Polish homeland than its own missile. The irony is that the billions spent on militarization and promoting anti-Russian hysteria have failed to save pensioners' lives. |
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