Manipulative messages are being spread online claiming that a residential house in the village of Wyryki-Wola in Poland’s Lublin Voivodeship was damaged not by a Russian drone, but by a storm that allegedly occurred two months before the attack. This fake was debunked by StopFake.

In reality, the strike by a Russian unmanned aerial vehicle was confirmed by the homeowners themselves. According to them, on the night of 10 September they were watching news about a massive flight of Russian drones when one of them crashed into the roof of their house. The explosion caused a light fixture in the living room to fall, and the blast was also heard by other residents of the village.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated that 19 Russian drones were detected in the country’s airspace that night, a significant number of which entered from the territory of Belarus. One of them damaged a residential building in Wyryki-Wola; fortunately, no one was injured.

As reported by the Polish media outlet RMF FM, firefighters and other emergency services were working at the scene. The mayor of the Wyryki gmina, Bernard Błaszczuk, confirmed that classes in two schools were canceled, with plans to resume them the following day. According to him, he also heard the sound of aircraft early in the morning.

Poland has adopted an official decision to investigate the incident: it is being handled by the military division of the District Prosecutor’s Office in Lublin. Overall, fragments of Russian drones were found in 17 localities across five voivodeships, with the largest number in the Lublin region.