Drones spotted in Bulgaria and Germany raise concerns of Russian escalation

• The drone incidents in Europe have ignited fears that Moscow’s war on Kyiv is now entangling NATO nations.
• A drone has exploded in Bulgaria near the Trans-Balkan gas pipeline, the latest in a surge of unidentified unmanned aerial vehicles entering European territory as regional tensions escalate due to Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine.
• Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said on Saturday the drone exploded near the Romanian border and the gas pipeline, which links Turkiye to Ukraine.