NATO military leaders held a video conference to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine and confirmed continued support for Kyiv. European defense leaders discussed measures as the possibility of direct talks between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin increased. Russia continued bombing Ukrainian cities, causing destruction in places like Kramatorsk. German troops are likely to be sent as part of a NATO peacekeeping force. Latvia called for faster construction of border defenses against Russia and Belarus. An object identified as a Russian Shahed drone crashed in eastern Poland near Osiny, exploding in a cornfield without casualties but causing some damaged windows. Polish authorities reported no airspace violations from Ukraine or Belarus, and both civilian and military personnel responded at the crash site.
After an object crashed the east of Poland overnight, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pawel Wronski told the Reuters news agency that early findings indicated this object was a Russian Shahed drone. Russia is using the Iranian-developed drones for its war in Ukraine, which borders Poland. The object hit a cornfield and exploded near the village of Osiny in eastern Poland which is only 100 kilometres (62 miles) from the capital Warsaw. There were no casualties but some windows were blown out in nearby buildings.
Poland's Armed Forces Operational Command took to social media on Wednesday to say no violations of Polish airspace from neighboring Ukraine or Belarus had been registered. Lublin District Prosecutor Grzegorz Trusiewicz told reporters both civilian and military were at the crash site. "We have a lot of manpower, we have the army to help us. I hope that we will be able to finish the operation by the evening," Trusiewicz said.
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