Overview
- Fishermen discovered an unmanned surface vessel on the shore of Lefkada on May 7 and Greek authorities later identified it as an explosives-laden Magura V5.
- Greece lodged formal diplomatic demarches to Ukraine on May 28–29 and briefed EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and NATO contacts about its investigation.
- Athens says the drone 'seriously endangered maritime traffic' and has called on Ukraine to refrain from deploying armed naval drones in Greek waters.
- The Ukrainian foreign ministry has publicly said it has no evidence linking the device to Ukrainian naval-drone operations and Kyiv has not formally replied to Greece’s demarches.
- Greek officials warn that use of wartime unmanned surface vessels in the Mediterranean could harm civilians, the environment and tourism and are asking partners to help prevent a wider spread of such naval activity.