A Russian drone may have crashed in a field in Poland, a move the country’s deputy prime minister called a “provocation” as the United States and European leaders continue to push Moscow to end its war in Ukraine. 

The drone hit a cornfield in the village of Osiny in the eastern Lublin province, about 62 miles from Poland’s border with Ukraine, Reuters reported. 

Deputy Prime Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, who also serves as defense minister, said Wednesday’s incident was similar to cases in which Russian drones flew into Lithuania and Romania and could be linked to efforts to end the war in Ukraine, according to the outlet. 

Polish police secure the area of a cornfield where an unidentified flying object crashed and exploded in the country’s east Wednesday.  (AP )

“I was sitting in my room at night, around midnight, maybe, and I heard something just bang,” local resident Pawel Sudowski told local news website Lukow.tv. “It exploded so loudly that the whole house simply shook.”

On X, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said his ministry would issue a protest against the airspace violation without naming the perpetrator. 

“Another violation of our airspace from the East confirms that Poland’s most important mission towards NATO is the defence (sic) of our own territory,” he wrote. 

The incident came as the Trump administration continues to broker talks between Russia and Ukraine to end the bloody three-year conflict. On Monday, Trump hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a group of European leaders at the White House.

Police secure the area of a cornfield where an unidentified flying object crashed and exploded in the country’s east in Osiny, Poland, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025.  (AP)

On Friday, he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.