Disasters & Incidents
Drone explodes near Bulgaria gas pipeline, PM says
A drone that entered Bulgaria exploded on Saturday near the Kardam border crossing with Romania and close to the Trans-Balkan gas pipeline, Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said.
Radev said in a government video that the explosion happened in Bulgaria's northeast, near the Black Sea, about 1,000 metres from a compressor station on the pipeline. He said there were no casualties.
The Trans-Balkan gas pipeline links Turkey to Ukraine.
Update
The later wording says the drone entered Bulgaria and exploded near the Kardam crossing at the Romanian border, without stating its origin.
Source note: AFP news report published on 8 August 2026 at 10:29:11 UTC.
Update
Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev named the Kardam border crossing with Romania as the area of the explosion.
Radev said the drone exploded about 1,000 metres from a Trans-Balkan gas pipeline compressor station.
Radev said there were no casualties.
The Trans-Balkan gas pipeline links Turkey to Ukraine.
Source note: AFP news report published on 8 August 2026 at 10:08:14 UTC.
Uncertainty notes
The supplied material does not identify the drone's origin, operator, type or purpose.
Source
AFP news report published on .