I'm kinda suspect they succeeded in dispersing the drone and make use of Local road for operation. The initial strike might be succeed in wiping some in airbase but. Those got dispersed are now taking off. Thus the reason why we start seeing the footage.
Regarding operator tho.. Operating from Poland seems unlikely as the Line of Sight for the GCS isnt there. This is example when operated from Polish Border.
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The GCS must be still within the Ukraine.. or airborne in an aircraft. Aircraft one would be challenging as it has practically no LOS limitation, and can actually within NATO country border. I'm curious tho if VKS have ELINT like TU-214R deployed as this might actually pinpoint the location of the GCS for further action.
ELINT would be so much more useful had Russia shut down civilian comm network in the area. Even if the command system is airborne someone still has to coordinate the ground team with long range communication, right now they could literally be just using cell phones...
This applies to so many things in general: recon, artillery spotter, command...etc