Bulgaria summons Ukraine envoy after explosive drone crashes near gas pipeline

tovima.gr (Greek)

A drone carrying explosives crashed near a Bulgarian gas pipeline close to Romania, prompting Sofia to summon Ukraine's ambassador. Bulgaria said debris likely came from a Maya decoy drone widely used by Ukrainian forces; no injuries occurred. Kyiv called the incident unintentional and promised an investigation. This was Bulgaria's first such drone-with-explosives incident; the crash occurred near the Kardam border post, about 1,000 meters from a gas compressor station, and radar detected no incursion.


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