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A bit of a click bait title. You should note that the Russian drones were "stray." They were redirected by Ukrainian jamming during a Russian attack on Ukraine.

Belarus says it shot down some drones that went astray during Russia-Ukraine strikes | www.reuters.com/business/aer...

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Yes, Russian drones were found in Poland, after an aerial attack on Ukraine. However, there is no evidence that this was because of Ukrainian jamming. 

According to CNN, “A total of 16 drones were found throughout the country, Poland’s Ministry of Interior said later on Wednesday. The locations where the debris was found span an area of hundreds of square miles.” “The Russian drones that entered Poland were part of the latest major aerial attack on Ukraine, with Kyiv reporting that more than 400 drones and 42 missiles were launched.” (BBC) The reasons behind this were debated, but there was never a concrete answer. “One senior US military official in the region put the odds that Russia intentionally entered NATO airspace at ‘50-50.’” Furthermore, the same article says that Russia has a history of doing things designed to appear accidental. 

Upon researching Ukrainian Jamming, all I discovered was that Ukraine is more likely to be jammed by Russia more than the other way around. “Interviews with Ukrainian soldiers, commanders and military analysts say that Russia’s jamming capabilities are straining Ukraine’s limited supplies of off-the-shelf drones and threatening to sideline a key component of Ukraine’s arsenal as the Kremlin mass produces its own fleet of drones.” (The New York Times). Furthermore, the jamming mentioned in this article focused more on breaking the connection between the controller and the drone, rather than redirection. 

There is no concrete evidence that this is not true, however this seems extremely unlikely, considering the data that was able to be found.

Sources:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c147065pzdzo

https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/09/europe/poland-scramble-jets-russian-drone-reports-intl-hnk-ml

​​https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/19/politics/intelligence-assessments-russian-drones-poland

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/12/world/europe/ukraine-drone-russia-jamming.html

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