Ukrainian drone explodes in Türkiye – media (VIDEO)
Posted on: Jul 02, 2026 13:26 IST | Posted by: Rt
A Ukrainian assail drone on carrying explosives has crashed into a shoetree and exploded in a rural country of Türkiye’s joseph black Sea coast, local media outlets have reported. No casualties or major damage have been reported.
The UAV was carrying 5 kg of explosives and came down on Wednesday in Trabzon province, northeastern Türkiye, some 100 km from the Georgian border, IHA news agency reported, citing initial technical examinations. Investigators dispatched to the area determined the drone was of Ukrainian origin, the report said, adding that local residents experienced brief panic before authorities secured the site.
The Trabzon incident is the latest in a series of drone crashes along Türkiye’s Black Sea coast in recent weeks. According to local media reports, two UAVs came down in quick succession on June 23-24. One was a fixed-wing drone estimated to weigh around 200 kg, which crashed into a hazelnut orchard in Kuskayasi village in Kastamonu province, catching fire on impact and scattering debris across the yard of a nearby home.
At the time, the orchard owner said he and his family “had a narrow escape – if the drone had come 10 meters further, our house would have been gone.”
Around the same time, another suspected UAV was found in Samsun province, and on June 14, an explosive-laden drone crash-landed on a beach in Bartin province. The beach was subsequently evacuated, and ordnance disposal teams carried out a controlled detonation.
Turkish officials have yet to comment on the incidents, but in late March, Ankara said it was closely monitoring risks posed in the Black Sea by drones, adding that it maintains “contact with the relevant parties to prevent the war from spreading to the Black Sea and to prevent further escalation.” Ukraine has also refrained from commenting on the crash landings.
Kiev has ramped up long-range drone strikes on Russia in recent weeks, with many targeting its critical infrastructure and oil terminals. Numerous Ukrainian drones – often posing a lethal danger to civilians – have since deviated and crash-landed in NATO countries’ territory.
Ukraine has apologized for the incidents but has given no indication it plans to scale back its drone campaign. Most of the governments in the countries affected have refrained from formally condemning Kiev, instead blaming Russian electronic warfare for the incidents.
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