The Croatian authorities have reported today that the Soviet-made drone that crashed Thursday night in Zagreb departed from Ukraine and flew over Romania, Hungary and Croatia, EU and NATO countries, without being intercepted.
“This is also a matter for the joint NATO command in Torrejon, Spain, which should receive all the data immediately and react. However, nothing happened,” Croatian President Zoran Milanovic said.
The head of state criticized “A six-ton aircraft, the size of a military plane, exploded in the center of Zagreb, flying all over space from Ukraine without anyone reacting.”
Milanovic said the aircraft, which crashed without causing any casualties, flew for seven minutes through Croatian airspace, where it entered at 10:55 p.m. (21:55 GMT). It had previously flown over Hungary for another 40 minutes.
In addition, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic stated that his Hungarian counterpart, Viktor Orbán, told him that the aircraft entered Hungarian territory from Romania.
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Regarding the origin of the aircraft, Milanovic said that for now it is only known that it is a reconnaissance drone that most likely came from the direction of Ukraine.
Markijan Lubkjivski, advisor to the Ukrainian Defense Minister, denied in statements to the Croatian newspaper Jutarnji list that the aircraft was Ukrainian.
The device is a Soviet-made drone, Although it is not yet known to which country it belongs, said Robert Hranj, chief of the Croatian General Staff.
A military aviation expert had previously identified the aircraft as a Soviet-made Tu-141 Struzh reconnaissance drone used in the 1970s and 1980s. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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