Event 79

{
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "Russia",
    "Poland",
    "PL-UA",
    "Air"
  ],
  "border_violation_modes": [
    "Air"
  ],
  "category": "Aviation",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Incident directly confirmed by the Polish Armed Forces and referenced by high-ranking officials. The timing, location, and missile type involved are specifically cited.",
  "countries": [
    "Poland",
    "Russia",
    "Ukraine"
  ],
  "country": "Poland",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "On December 29, 2023, the Polish Armed Forces General Staff announced that a Russian missile violated Polish airspace before re-entering Ukraine. The incident occurred during a large-scale Russian missile attack on Ukraine.",
  "event_time_utc": "2023-12-29T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Polish Armed Forces General Staff official statement.",
    "Observed missile trajectory near Lublin Voivodeship.",
    "Missile identified as likely Russian Kh-22 or Kh-101.",
    "Incident timing correlates with ongoing Russian large-scale missile attack on Ukraine."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "\"The Polish Armed Forces General Staff has announced that a Russian missile violated Polish airspace on Friday, 29 December.\"",
    "\"Everything points to the conclusion that a Russian missile has entered Polish airspace. We have confirmation of this on national and allied radars\", General Wiesław Kukuła, Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Army, said at a briefing.\"",
    "\"Postal News, citing sources, previously reported that a Russian Kh-22 or Kh-101 cruise missile most likely entered Polish airspace, which then re-entered Ukraine and was shot down by its air defences.\"",
    "\"A flying object moving at high speed was observed by residents of the Gmina Dolybniczów in the Lublin Voivodeship.\"",
    "\"The Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces confirmed the incident.\""
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Cruise Missile",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Polish Armed Forces General Staff official statement.",
            "Observed missile trajectory near Lublin Voivodeship.",
            "Missile identified as likely Russian Kh-22 or Kh-101.",
            "Incident timing correlates with ongoing Russian large-scale missile attack on Ukraine."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [
    {
      "country": "Poland",
      "notes": "Official confirmation and public statement provided by Polish military staff.",
      "status": "Official Statement"
    }
  ],
  "follow_up_notes": "PL UA",
  "headline": "Poland Confirms That Russian Missile Violated Its Airspace",
  "location_text": "near Gmina Dolybniczów, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_79_1763915354_15335a7e.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Cruise Missile",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/2023/12/29/7176419/"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Russian missile violated Polish airspace during a Ukrainian attack, confirmed by Polish military.",
  "url": "https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/2023/12/29/7176419/"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "Cruise Missile",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "PL-UA Air",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "PL;UA",
  "Date": "29-Dec-23",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Follow-Up Link?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/2023/12/29/7176419/",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "PL UA",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "Cruise Missile",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "?? probing security ??) Russian Kh-22 or Kh-101 cruise missile most likely entered Polish airspace, which then re-entered Ukraine",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/2023/12/29/7176419/",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}