• Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias called the discovery of a Ukrainian water drone with explosives in the Ionian Sea an ’extremely serious matter'.
  • The drone was found by a Greek fisherman in a cave and was intended to attack a Russian ‘shadow fleet’ ship evading sanctions.
  • Dendias warned of dangers to navigation in an area with heavy commercial and passenger ship traffic.
  • Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis described the discovery as a ‘particularly serious development’.
  • Ukraine has promised to investigate, while Greek authorities are trying to reconstruct the drone’s route using GPS and satellite data.
  • Reports indicate no information about the existence of similar drones in Greek waters.

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