Poland recovers suspected Russian drone from Baltic Sea beach

Poland's Defense Minister, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, announced on X that Polish forces had recovered a military drone of Russian origin from the Baltic Sea near Rusinowo on September 14, 2026. He stated that initial inspection indicated it was a military unmanned aircraft originating from Russia. Services at the scene were securing the site and the retrieved equipment.

Footage of the recovered drone circulated online, with some reports suggesting it resembled Russia's Gerbera type, often used as a decoy or target aircraft. Militarnyi reported this as a preliminary visual assessment. Military police spokesman Dariusz Rozkosz told TVN24 that he could not yet confirm the type of object found.

The discovery comes amid a series of airspace incursion concerns in the region, with Poland being the largest NATO member on the alliance's eastern flank bordering Ukraine. Similar incidents involving unidentified objects, assessed as drones, have been reported recently in Lithuania and Finland.