Drone laden with explosives detonates near Bulgaria-Romania border, no injuries

yle.fi (Iloko)

A drone laden with explosives detonated near Bulgaria's Trans-Balkan gas pipeline, causing no injuries, President Rumen Radev said. The blast occurred near the Kardam border crossing with Romania, roughly 1,000 meters from the pipeline. Radev said the drone carried significant explosives, was no hobby model, and crashed in a sunflower field. The Trans-Balkan pipeline links Turkey to Ukraine, transiting Bulgaria and Romania. Radev said authorities do not yet know the drone's type or origin.


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