Did the maritime drone come from a Ukrainian base in Libya? The two scenarios regarding its origin

The Politico website has introduced a caller twist successful the probe into the root of the maritime drone found successful a cave successful Lefkada, portion a specialized squad is analyzing the unmanned aboveground vas astatine Hellenic Navy facilities successful Skaramangas.

Citing “Greek officials,” the well-known outlet presents 2 “main scenarios” regarding its origin, noting that “the 2 superior scenarios nether probe are either that the drone fell into the country from a commercialized vessel oregon that it was launched from a Ukrainian basal successful Misrata, occidental Libya.”

At the aforesaid time, sources with heavy cognition of the lawsuit constituent to the “similarities” the maritime drone shares with unmanned aboveground vessels, reducing the likelihood that it is simply a Magura-type craft.

Military analysts emphasized that the characteristics of the unmanned maritime vas (short length, debased profile, pitchy propulsion engine) lucifer those of civilian-type vessels commonly operating successful the Ionian Sea region, specified arsenic sportfishing boats, leisure craft, and speedboats. Monitoring and surveillance of specified vessels are not the work of the Armed Forces, which successful immoderate lawsuit bash not absorption connected the Ionian region.

Given these developments, the contented of the maritime drone was raised yesterday by the Greek Minister of National Defence, Nikos Dendias, during the EU Defence Ministers Council meeting. He stated, successful the discourse of the gathering attended via video telephone by the Ukrainian Defence Minister, that the drone was “a Ukrainian unmanned aboveground vehicle.”

As Mr. Dendias said, “I volition pass my colleagues — successful the presence, via video call, of the Ukrainian Defence Minister — astir the information regarding the drone we ‘fished out’ successful Greece; it is Ukrainian,” adding that “the beingness of this maritime drone affects the state and information of navigation.” “It is an highly superior matter,” Nikos Dendias concluded.

According to reports, the Ukrainian Defence Minister responded that helium would analyse the substance and instrumentality with further information, portion the maritime drone continues to beryllium examined by a squad from the Armed Forces successful bid to clarify some its operational objectives and its operators.

Criminal liability investigation

Meanwhile, erstwhile the Armed Forces implicit their study pursuing the introspection of the unmanned aboveground vas (USV), they are expected to guardant the findings to the Hellenic Coast Guard. According to reliable information, the Coast Guard volition past nonstop the study to the nationalist authoritative truthful that immoderate imaginable transgression liability connected to the beingness of an explosives-equipped maritime drone adjacent Lefkada tin beryllium investigated.

From Kyiv’s side, however, “there is nary grounds that it belongs to Ukrainian maritime drone operators. We are unfastened to practice with the Greek broadside successful bid to clarify the circumstances of the incident, if applicable requests are made,” said Heorhii Tykhyi to journalists yesterday, according to Politico.

At the aforesaid time, the Greek Foreign Minister, Giorgos Gerapetritis, outlined Athens’ presumption connected the incident, making it wide “in each direction” that “Greece volition not let subject actions to make successful the wider Mediterranean region, and particularly toward Greece.”