The town of Lubaczów is just a few kilometers from the border with Ukraine An investigation is underway after an “unidentified” drone-like object fell to the ground in a town close to Poland’s border with Ukraine. The object was discovered at an uninhabited private property in the town of Lubaczów in Poland’s Podkarpackie region. Local police officials said the site is being secured and that several agencies, as well as the local prosecutor’s office, had been informed of the discovery. No-one was hurt in the incident, police spokesperson Superintendent Piotr Wojtunik said. Poland’s Military Police said it was “investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery on October 21, 2026, at approximately 1:00 PM, of a small unidentified flying object on a private property in the town of Lubaczów. “No one was injured, nor was there any damage to property, as a result of the object’s fall. Operations aimed at eliminating any threat to human life and health are ongoing.” A town of around 11,000 people, Lubaczów is located a dozen or so kilometers from the border with Ukraine’s Lviv region. A number of drones have crashed to the ground on Polish territory since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
