On Monday, November 3, 2025, Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Minister–Coordinator of Special Services Tomasz Siemoniak visited one of the facilities of the Military Counterintelligence Service (SKW), where its experts and the Prosecutor’s Office are examining the Russian drones that entered Poland on September 9 and 10 of this year. It was emphasized that the specialists are thoroughly analyzing all aspects related to this incident, working in close cooperation with partner intelligence services.
Photo: Tomasz Siemoniak via X
In a short video recording, Prime Minister Donald Tusk presented the remains or partially intact Russian Gerbera drone decoys, used as bait during attacks on targets in Ukraine, that had been recovered from 27 different locations across the Lublin, Masovian, Świętokrzyskie, Łódź, and Warmian-Masurian provinces (search operations concluded on October 31). He emphasized that “this is how every hostile drone, every Russian drone that enters Polish airspace, will end.” He added that the government is allocating “billions of PLNs in investments for the Polish Armed Forces and security services” to protect Poland’s skies against such aerial threats.
It should be noted that during the night of September 9–10, there were a total of 21 violations of Polish airspace from the directions of Belarus and Ukraine, four of which were Russian drones shot down by Polish F-16 Jastrząb and Dutch F-35A Lightning II aircraft, according to the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces and the Operational Command of the Armed Forces (Polish military engaged Russian drones over Poland).
Meanwhile, on September 27, according to Ukraine’s Interfax news agency, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed during a press briefing following his return from the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York that a total of 92 Russian drones had been heading toward Poland, most of which were shot down by Ukraine’s air defenses.
Earlier, on the morning of September 10, the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine had reported via social media that since 5:00 p.m. the previous day, Russian forces had launched 458 aerial weapons—mainly targeting northern, western, and central Ukraine—of which 413 were intercepted.
According to Ukrainian data, Russian forces used:
- 415 unmanned aerial vehicles, including Geran/Shahed (over 250) and various drone decoys (including Gerbera), launched from Kursk, Bryansk, Millerovo, Oryol, Shatalovo, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Russia, and Chauda in occupied Crimea;
- 42 cruise and air-launched missiles (Kh-101/Kalibr/Kh-59[69]) from Saratov Oblast and the waters of the Black Sea;
- 1 ballistic missile, an Iskander-M/KN-23, launched from Voronezh Oblast.
The attack was repelled by Ukrainian Air Force units, surface-to-air missile forces, electronic warfare (EW) and unmanned systems units, as well as mobile air defense groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
According to preliminary data as of 9:00 a.m. on September 10, 413 aerial targets—including 386 drones and 27 cruise/air-launched missiles—were shot down or forced to crash. Earlier reports recorded impacts from 16 missiles and 21 drones across 17 locations.
Initial information indicated that at least eight hostile drones had crossed Ukraine’s border into the Republic of Poland, but it was later confirmed that the number of airspace violations was significantly higher.
Premier @donaldtusk w jednym z obiektów Służby Kontrwywiadu Wojskowego zapoznał się z informacją na temat badania rosyjskich dronów, które 9 i 10 września tego roku wtargnęły w przestrzeń powietrzną Polski. https://t.co/VAXY3XBkEE
— Tomasz Siemoniak (@TomaszSiemoniak) November 3, 2025
Eksperci ze Służby Kontrwywiadu Wojskowego oraz prokuratura prowadzą badania rosyjskich dronów, które wtargnęły do Polski 9 i 10 września br. Nasi specjaliści bardzo skrupulatnie analizują wszystkie elementy związane z tą sytuacją współpracując także z partnerskimi służbami. Z… pic.twitter.com/rJVswopOhE
— Tomasz Siemoniak (@TomaszSiemoniak) November 4, 2025