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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said a Russian strike drone crashed near Poland's border in Volyn Oblast on September 17 following a powerful explosion, prompting Polish fighter jets to scramble in response. The incident occurred amid a broader Russian drone attack on western Ukraine near the Polish frontier. Poland placed its air-defence and radar systems on combat readiness for a second time on September 17, again scrambling aircraft and temporarily suspending flights at Lublin and Rzeszów airports, underscoring recurring alarm along NATO's eastern border from Russian drone activity.