Bulgaria to acquire two anti-drone systems in a day, expects two more next week

Bulgaria expects two anti-drone systems to arrive on Saturday. However, technological time is needed to train the personnel. This became clear at a meeting of Defence Minister Dimitar Stoyanov with journalists in Pleven.

"We are in the process of acquiring two more such systems. I expect them by the end of next week," Stoyanov said, quoted by BTA. When asked about the drone from Ukraine, which entered Bulgarian airspace on August 8 and exploded 100 meters inside the Bulgarian border, the minister said that the answer that was received from the Ukrainian side by their spokesperson was that drones were not purposefully sent to the territory of Bulgaria. According to him, there may have been an impact on the GPS system and a failure of the control system. The assessment of experts is still awaited.

Editor: Miglena Ivanova