The majority of the public understands that our Ukrainian friends are fighting for their lives every moment in time.
HeisenbergsSamaritan on
That’s one hell of a journey.
Orange-skittles on
Seems like a fair request a armed military drone accidentally washes up on you shores a apology seems adequate. No harm no foul.
Uselesspreciousthing on
Demanding an apology before the investigation concludes sounds rather hasty to me, especially when the suspected manufacturer says it’s not theirs.
Basketseeksdog on
Its a new Russian tactic. Same thing happening in the baltics.
drinkmorejava on
So they tied up and started dragging around a couple thousand pound bomb? Great work guys.
Oleeddie on
How can you even apologise for something you didn’t do on purpose, and what good would an apology in this case do for the greek government? On top the Ukrainians are fighting for their lives. How petty can you be?
KingTribble on
Should ask russia for an apology. It wouldn’t be there if not for them, even if Ukraine did launch it.
FutureThought4936 on
That doesn’t look like a Magura drone, the stern is wrong as far as I can tell unless it’s a new model, not a Magura V3 in any case. Some reporting calls it a V5 but it doesn’t appear to be a V5 either. There’s been other cases of Ukrainian drone boats washing up on foreign shores and they’ve always been recognizable models, this one isn’t. Ukraine isn’t the only country making drone boats in the region so seems premature to blame Ukraine. Something fishy with this story.
So some official in the Greek government immediately declares that it’s self-evidently a Ukrainian munition of a specific type, no question at all, without the need for any further investigation. Except that Ukraine, which has no problem apologizing for unintended drone incursions and does so all the time, in this case says that this drone wasn’t actually theirs.
Which, you know… it seems like you’d want to check first if you were an official lodging a complaint. Instead of talking about how immediately obvious it is that this must be Ukrainian, no need for investigation, no sir, just get that accusation out there as quickly as possible.
Almost as if someone who doesn’t like Ukraine placed a knock-off drone floating around and then planted a story to instantly go out everywhere the moment the news broke.
And of course the press is eager to repeat the claim as loudly as possible. No doubt many publications will pick up the part about the accusation and quietly drop Militarnyi’s more complete treatment of the issue.
Well maybe I am wrong. We will see.
SpendIcy8418 on
Maybe Greece can apologise for enabling the russian shadow fleet
kozak_ on
Not surprised greece government is making a stink over this.
Greek-owned tankers have been a major supplier of vessels and shipping capacity that ended up in Russia’s shadow fleet, and Brookings says Greek operators were by far the most frequent sellers among Western European owners.
“I’m sorry that Russia is invading us and we are doing what we can to defend ourselves”
The end
anal_fissure_fiesta on
Greeks should apologize to Cyprus for the 1974 coup orchestrated by their fascist junta and for being obnoxiously stuck in the glorious past of their forefathers.
RisingRapture on
As a German I salute Ukraine for bombing Nord Stream II.
pixeltackle on
It isn’t even a Ukrainian drone from anything I’ve seen so far – grease needs to lick a finger and stick it in the wind before they say another word.
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Greek here. Is no problem. Keep it up.
The Greek govt should seek an apology in private.
The majority of the public understands that our Ukrainian friends are fighting for their lives every moment in time.
That’s one hell of a journey.
Seems like a fair request a armed military drone accidentally washes up on you shores a apology seems adequate. No harm no foul.
Demanding an apology before the investigation concludes sounds rather hasty to me, especially when the suspected manufacturer says it’s not theirs.
Its a new Russian tactic. Same thing happening in the baltics.
So they tied up and started dragging around a couple thousand pound bomb? Great work guys.
How can you even apologise for something you didn’t do on purpose, and what good would an apology in this case do for the greek government? On top the Ukrainians are fighting for their lives. How petty can you be?
Should ask russia for an apology. It wouldn’t be there if not for them, even if Ukraine did launch it.
That doesn’t look like a Magura drone, the stern is wrong as far as I can tell unless it’s a new model, not a Magura V3 in any case. Some reporting calls it a V5 but it doesn’t appear to be a V5 either. There’s been other cases of Ukrainian drone boats washing up on foreign shores and they’ve always been recognizable models, this one isn’t. Ukraine isn’t the only country making drone boats in the region so seems premature to blame Ukraine. Something fishy with this story.
>Subsequently, the manufacturer of these drones—UFORCE—[informed Militarnyi](https://militarnyi.com/en/news/marine-drone-coast-of-greece-not-a-magura/) that the surface vehicle found was not a Ukrainian Magura drone.
So some official in the Greek government immediately declares that it’s self-evidently a Ukrainian munition of a specific type, no question at all, without the need for any further investigation. Except that Ukraine, which has no problem apologizing for unintended drone incursions and does so all the time, in this case says that this drone wasn’t actually theirs.
Which, you know… it seems like you’d want to check first if you were an official lodging a complaint. Instead of talking about how immediately obvious it is that this must be Ukrainian, no need for investigation, no sir, just get that accusation out there as quickly as possible.
Almost as if someone who doesn’t like Ukraine placed a knock-off drone floating around and then planted a story to instantly go out everywhere the moment the news broke.
And of course the press is eager to repeat the claim as loudly as possible. No doubt many publications will pick up the part about the accusation and quietly drop Militarnyi’s more complete treatment of the issue.
Well maybe I am wrong. We will see.
Maybe Greece can apologise for enabling the russian shadow fleet
Not surprised greece government is making a stink over this.
Greek-owned tankers have been a major supplier of vessels and shipping capacity that ended up in Russia’s shadow fleet, and Brookings says Greek operators were by far the most frequent sellers among Western European owners.
[source here](https://www.brookings.edu/articles/where-did-russias-shadow-fleet-come-from/?utm_source=perplexity)
“I’m sorry that Russia is invading us and we are doing what we can to defend ourselves”
The end
Greeks should apologize to Cyprus for the 1974 coup orchestrated by their fascist junta and for being obnoxiously stuck in the glorious past of their forefathers.
As a German I salute Ukraine for bombing Nord Stream II.
It isn’t even a Ukrainian drone from anything I’ve seen so far – grease needs to lick a finger and stick it in the wind before they say another word.