Overview
- Local fishermen found a five to six meter unmanned surface vessel in a sea cave near Cape Doukato on Thursday with its engine running and towed it to the port of Vassiliki.
- Coastguard officers took custody and transferred the craft to the armed forces, and Defense Minister Nikos Dendias said it belongs to a foreign state.
- Military teams made the vessel safe, with a Greek military source telling AFP explosives were found, while later reporting said detonators were present but no bulk explosives.
- Retired officers said the boat resembles Ukraine’s Magura-class sea drones, and images showed multiple cameras and what appeared to be a Starlink terminal, though the origin remains unconfirmed.
- Investigators are testing scenarios that include a planned strike on Russian-linked tankers or use by smugglers, a probe that could shape how Greece and shippers guard neutral waters in the region.