Drone carrying explosives explodes near gas pipeline on Bulgaria-Romania border

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A drone carrying explosives entered Bulgaria on Saturday and exploded near the Romanian border, close to a trans-Balkan gas pipeline, with no casualties reported. Prime Minister Rumen Radev said the device detonated near the Kardam border crossing, 1,000 meters from a pipeline compression station. It fell in a sunflower field. Its origin is unconfirmed. It is Bulgaria's first such incident, though drone debris has previously washed ashore on the Black Sea. Romania has blamed Russia for drone incursions, and Bulgaria has reinforced radar surveillance.


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