A military drone that apparently flew all the way from the Ukrainian war zone over three European Nato-member states before crashing in an urban zone of the Croatian capital was armed with an explosive device, Croatia's defence minister said.
The Soviet-made aircraft crossed Romania and Hungary before entering Croatia, slamming into a field near a student dormitory late Thursday. About 40 parked cars were damaged in the large explosion, but no one was injured.
"Traces of explosives and clues suggesting that this was not a reconnaissance aircraft were found. We found parts of an air bomb," Croatian Defence Minister Mario Banozic said at the crash site.
He said that this further raised a question about whether the drone belonged to Russia or Ukraine.