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Drone explodes near Trans-Balkan gas pipeline on Bulgaria-Romania border
Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said a drone exploded a short distance from the Trans-Balkan natural gas pipeline near the Romanian border. No one was killed and no infrastructure was damaged, while Romania’s Defense Ministry said it had not detected the aircraft entering Bulgarian airspace from Romania.
The area near the Romanian border where the Trans-Balkan natural gas pipeline is located was placed under a security cordon after a drone exploded. Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said no one was killed and no infrastructure was damaged.
Radev said the type of aircraft had not yet been determined. He said the explosion was powerful enough to be heard from a distance and produced dense black smoke, adding that the drone was believed to have contained a substantial amount of explosives.
Statement on Romanian airspace
Romania’s Defense Ministry announced that its surveillance systems had not detected any aircraft crossing Romanian airspace and traveling toward Bulgaria.
The ministry said it was monitoring developments concerning the drone that exploded near the Romanian border in Bulgaria and that details of the incident would be shared with the public.
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