Russia had been preparing in advance for a drone attack on Poland: as early as July, 4G modems with Polish SIM cards were found in drones shot down over Ukraine. This was reported by Polish journalist Marek Budzisz, citing a report from July 2. It also mentioned a Lithuanian “SIM,” which directly indicates the Kremlin’s plans to fly over the territory of Lithuania and Poland.
Source: Bukvy
The publication recalls that today’s attack on Poland is not the first instance of gradual escalation by Moscow, and everything points to its long-term preparation.
Despite existing warnings, this information did not cause significant resonance within Poland itself, even after Russian drones had already violated the country’s airspace. One of them exploded on August 20 near the village of Osiny in the Lublin Voivodeship, only 40 km from a NATO airbase.
Experts explain that mobile internet on drones is needed for data transmission, flight control, and collecting information about the operation of air defense and electronic warfare systems. Whether such equipment was on the drones that attacked Poland today is currently unknown.
At the same time, the assumption that one of the attack’s objectives was reconnaissance of Poland’s air defense system seems quite plausible—especially on the eve of the Russian-Belarusian exercises “Zapad-2025,” which will begin in Belarus on September 12.
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