Ukraine denies targeting Bulgaria after drone explodes near pipeline
Ukraine has denied targeting Bulgaria after a drone entered Bulgaria's airspace exploded close to the strategic Trans-Balkan gas pipeline near the Romanian border.
A drone exploded near the Trans-Balkan gas pipeline in Bulgaria, close to the Romanian border. The pipeline links Turkey to Ukraine. Bulgaria's defence ministry said the drone was of a type "widely used by the Ukrainian military".
Ukraine denied targeting Bulgaria, saying it did not intentionally direct any assets toward the country. Ukraine's foreign ministry spokesman Georgiy Tykhyi said his country was "in close contact with the Bulgarian side to clarify the circumstances" of the incident.
The drone exploded near the Kardam border-crossing with Romania, according to Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev, who said it was carrying a significant amount of explosives. The incident caused no casualties or damage to buildings or infrastructure, Radev said, as reported by New Voice of Ukraine and South China Morning Post.
Brief written by urgent.news from ABC News AU, South China Morning Post, New Voice of Ukraine — 3 reports on this story. Machine-written — it may contain errors, so check the original before relying on it.