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'It sounded like a broken car.' Resident recounts drone explosion in eastern Poland

20.08.2025 15:35
In the early hours of Wednesday, 20 August, a resident of Osiny, a village near Poland’s eastern border, described the dramatic moment a military drone reportedly exploded close to his house.
Since the morning of Wednesday, 20 August, authorities have been investigating a military drone that reportedly crashed in a cornfield in Osiny, near Polands eastern border.
Since the morning of Wednesday, 20 August, authorities have been investigating a military drone that reportedly crashed in a cornfield in Osiny, near Poland’s eastern border. Photo: PAP/Wojtek Jargiło

Antoni, speaking to local broadcaster Łuków.TV, said he had been watching television late at night when he suddenly heard a strange noise overhead.

It sounded like a broken car flying above the house. Then there was a bang, and the windows in my son’s place shattered,” he recalled.

The blast blew out windows in Antoni’s son’s newly purchased house near the cornfield. He said police arrived around midnight, and by morning investigators had used drones to locate the crash site.

The explosion has unsettled local residents, with many describing the noise as frightening.

Nieznany obiekt wybuch w Osinach. Na miejsce zdarzenia udają się służby. Do zdarzenia doszło w nocy - nikt nie ucierpiał. Nagranie pochodzi z Radoryża gdzie słychać wybuch https://lukow24.info/nieznany-obiekt-spadl-i-eksplodowal-w-osinach/

Opublikowany przez Łuków24 Wtorek, 19 sierpnia 2025

Local media reported that nearby security cameras captured the incident, and the crater left in the cornfield measures roughly 8 to 10 meters across.

Photo: PAP/Wojtek Jargiło Photo: PAP/Wojtek Jargiło

Local eastern Polish daily Dziennik Wschodni reports that a military helicopter is patrolling the area around Osiny. Another resident, Wojciech, described the incident: “It was such a shock. There was a huge bang, and then it started to smell like sulfur. The explosion happened about a kilometer from our house, but the noise was massive. My wife woke up terrified, and my daughter jumped out of bed. We thought it was a war or something.”

Teren w Osinach patroluje wojskowy śmigłowiec. Pan Wojciech z Osin : To tak huknęło, że szok. Grzmotnęło, a potem zaraz zaczęło śmierdzieć jakby siarką. Do eksplozji doszło jakiś kilometr za jego domem, ale huk był potężny. - Żona się obudziła przerażona, córka też zerwała się z łóżka. Myśleliśmy, że to jakaś wojna czy co - opowiada mężczyzna. https://www.dziennikwschodni.pl/lukow/niezidentyfikowany-obiekt-spadl-i-eksplodowal-na-lubelszczyznie,n,1000365906.html

Opublikowany przez Dziennik Wschodni Środa, 20 sierpnia 2025

According to the latest statement from Poland’s National Security Bureau (BBN), the President is being kept up to date on the situation.

On the scene from the morning of Wednesday, 20 August, representative of Polish and international media have been gathering around the cornfield. Photo: PAP/Wojtek Jargiło On the scene from the morning of Wednesday, 20 August, representative of Polish and international media have been gathering around the cornfield. Photo: PAP/Wojtek Jargiło

Photo: PAP/Wojtek Jargiło Photo: PAP/Wojtek Jargiło

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Source: Łuków.TV/Dziennik Wschodni/BBN