00:00Ukraine insisted on Saturday that it did not intentionally target Bulgaria after a drone
00:06exploded in Bulgarian territory near its border with Romania. A spokesperson for Ukraine's top
00:13diplomat said that Kiev is in close contact with Sofia and promised to, quote, clarify the incident
00:19after an inquiry. Bulgarian Prime Minister Ruman Radev earlier announced on Saturday that an
00:25explosion occurred after a drone crash shortly after entering its airspace from Romania. It
00:32crashed just one kilometer from the compressor station of the Transbalkan gas pipeline, an
00:37international energy hub connecting Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine. Radev
00:44detailed in an address to the media that the explosion did not result in any casualties,
00:49as he announced that Romania and Bulgaria both realized a need for increased surveillance
00:54operations after the drone violated both their airspaces undetected.
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