No evidence that drone found off Greek coast belongs to Ukrainian operators, Foreign Ministry says
Heorhii Tykhyi, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, has said there is no evidence that a maritime drone discovered last week off the coast of Greece is linked to Ukrainian operators.
Source: Tykhyi in a comment to journalists; European Pravda
Details: Tykhyi said Ukraine currently has no information about the uncrewed surface vessel found in Greece.
Quote: "There is no evidence that it belongs to Ukrainian naval drone operators."
More details: Tykhyi added that Ukraine is open to cooperating with Greece to establish the circumstances of the incident, if the Greek side submits appropriate requests.
Background:
- The Guardian reported earlier that Greek authorities have stepped up an investigation into how a drone carrying explosives ended up in waters off the country's west coast.
- Ukrainian defence technology company Uforce clarified in a comment to Ukrainska Pravda that the vessel was not a Magura drone, as some media outlets had previously reported.
- Ekathimerini, a Greek media outlet, had claimed earlier that a Ukrainian Magura 5 drone had been found in waters south of the Ionian island of Lefkada.
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