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Ukraine denies targeting Bulgaria as drone explodes near pipeline

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Rumen Radev said the drone was carrying a 'significant' amount of explosives

SOFIA (BULGARIA) - Ukraine on Saturday denied targeting Bulgaria after a drone exploded close to the strategic Trans-Balkan gas pipeline linking Turkey to Ukraine near the Romanian border.

Bulgaria's defence ministry said the drone was of a type "widely used by the Ukrainian military", and the foreign minister summoned the Ukrainian ambassador for a meeting on Monday in response, her office told AFP.

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