WIRE — The Bulgarian Defense Ministry announced that the drone which crashed and exploded near the Kardam border crossing on Aug. 8 was likely a Ukrainian â Maiiaâ decoy drone, adding that there is no evidence the crash was intentional. In response to the incident, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry has summoned Ukrainian Ambassador Olesya Ilashchuk for an explanation on Monday, Aug. 10. Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi stressed that Ukraine did not intentionally target Bulgaria and is fully cooperating with the investigation. He emphasized that the root cause of such regional security incidents remains Russiaâ s ongoing war against Ukraine. The drone had entered Bulgarian airspace from Romania, flying low enough to evade air defense systems, and detonated in a field about one kilometer from a Trans-Balkan gas pipeline compressor station.
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