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 Kyiv 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 crashed
00:32just one kilometer from the compressor station of the Transbalkan gas pipeline, an international
00:38energy hub connecting Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova and Ukraine. Radev detailed in an address
00:46to the media that the explosion did not result in any casualties as he announced that Romania and
00:51Bulgaria both realized a need for increased surveillance operations after the drone violated
00:57both their airspaces undetected.
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