Posted on 03/11/2022 9:33:05 AM PST by Nextrush
A Soviet-era reconnaissance drone flying across Hungary from Ukraine has crashed near the Croatian capital of Zagreb, leaving a big hole in the ground, the Croatian government says.
A statement issued by Croatia's government said the 'pilotless military aircraft' crashed seven minutes after entering Croatia airspace from neighbouring Hungary at a speed of 700 kilometers per hour at an altitude of 1,300 metres.
An explosion was heard near Lake Jarun in Zagreb at around 11pm on Thursday. Police said several vehicles had been damaged and two parachutes found.
The government said an official criminal investigation will be lanched and NATO will be informed about the incident.
Hungary's Defence Ministry said that the Tupolev TU-141 drone was detected by radar in Hungarian airspace...
It said Ukraine is the only known current operator of the TU-141, having brought part of its old fleet out of retirement when Russia annexed Crimea in 2014...
(Excerpt) Read more at abc.net.au ...
Parachutes for the drone pilots?
Ukraine lacks modern sophisticated drones. If they were equipped with stealthy drones armed with anti ship missiles, they would be able to harass Russian Navy operations in the Black Sea. Russia is having its most success in southeastern Ukraine because the Russian Navy is able to land troops and supplies without serious opposition.
Looks more a Buzz Bomb
Looks like a soft landing to me.
"Zagreb's Mayor says it was amazing nobody was hurt from the explosion, caused by the drone falling after running out of fuel"
Strange story.
The Russians are not the bad guys in this conflict. I wish people would stop with the unfounded Ukraine support and sanctions against Russia.
Joe Brandon's personal assistants often report the same thing. Wonder if Ukraine is launching drones at the White House?
;>)
It’s a UAV not a ‘drone’ as used in popular parlance.
No white hats to be found.
It must be hell being a Russian drone pilot.
UKRAINE INVADES NATO!! 🙀
That’s a joke.
But one thing I have been saying, is that this could trigger the Balkans lighting up again, as the Serbs historically supported the Russians.
Putin is definitely the bad guy here. It’s absurd to pretend otherwise.
Yes the Russians are the bad guys
Seems like maybe they lost signal/connection to it and it just flew until it ran out of fuel.
Agree with other posts though. Why an explosion. Was it armed? What about the ‘strange smell’?
” The Russians are not the bad guys in this conflict.”
Your ex-wife starts courting a new guy so you kick in her door, put her in a headlock, and start whaling on her. No, you’re not the bad guy at all…
There ain’t no good guy
There ain’t no bad buy
There’s only you and me and we just disagree
I look at who is loudly supporting Ukraine. They are the people who have lied to my face for years. Ukraine is the cookie jar of corruption and Biden and others have been caught with their hands in it. Not even bringing up US bio labs over there up to who knows what. Let everything come out.
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