Greek minister says mystery drone from a 'foreign state'
Key takeaways
- A Greek military source said the flying robot, found this week off the island of Lefkada, may have been Ukrainian.
- "You saw a drone belonging to a foreign country that was retrieved outside Greek territorial waters a few days ago...
- The craft was found by a fisherman inside a coastal cave on Thursday and was later moved to a naval base on the mainland for inspection, public broadcaster ERT reported.
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A Greek military source said the flying robot, found this week off the island of Lefkada, may have been Ukrainian. Kyiv has admitted using drones to target Russian oil tankers in the Mediterranean.
https://p.dw.com/p/5DX5AGreece thinks the mystery robot is a Ukrainian Magura drone Image: Valentyn Ogirenko/REUTERSAdvertisement Greece on Saturday blamed a "foreign state" for the discovery of a sea drone this week off the Ionian island of Lefkada.
"You saw a drone belonging to a foreign country that was retrieved outside Greek territorial waters a few days ago... we know what it is, and we more or less know what it contains," Defense Minister Nikos Dendias told a conference of the ruling New Democracy party in Thessaloniki.