Overview
- Greece's defense minister, speaking at an EU meeting on Tuesday, said the recovered unmanned surface vessel was Ukrainian and called the case an extremely serious threat to navigation.
- The craft, which a fisherman found inside a Lefkada sea cave on May 7 with its engines running, was towed to port, moved to a naval base for inspection, and had its explosives destroyed.
- Ukraine's foreign ministry said there is no evidence the device belonged to Ukrainian operators and offered to cooperate with Greece to clarify what happened.
- Greek authorities are examining how the drone reached the island, including whether it was dropped by a commercial ship or launched from sites in western Libya.
- Officials warn a likely malfunction left an explosive boat adrift near a busy tourist route, as Ukraine has used similar sea drones against Russian warships and tankers in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean.