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Recovery · Bulgaria

Military drone wing washes ashore on Kamchia coast, Bulgaria

· Kamchia coast

Coastal aerial-drone recovery; individual origin unresolved

On the evening of 25 August 2026 a wing from a military drone washed ashore on the coast at the Kamchia resort in Bulgaria. A Bulgarian Navy team from Varna recovered it.

The wing carried no ammunition. No operator has been identified, and the releases reporting it gave no final identification. Associations with Russian or Ukrainian drones made for the wider group of finds do not identify this wing. When and where the drone came down is unknown.

No casualties were reported. It has not been established whether the wing belongs to the same aircraft as a drone reported in a separate response on 27 August.

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Image from the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) / Defence Ministry report: Coastal UAV recovery and destruction missions, 26 August 2026, morning release
Image · Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) / Defence Ministry · Open report ↗
Image from the The Sofia Globe / Bulgarian Defence Ministry report: Tsarevo–Varvara, Kamchia, Kabakum, Pomorie and Pasha Dere cases, 25–26 August 2026
Image · The Sofia Globe / Bulgarian Defence Ministry · Open report ↗

Attribution and uncertainty

Origin / operator / attribution
Individual origin unresolved; cohort-level Russian/Ukrainian associations do not identify this object.
Investigation / uncertainty
No final individual operator identification in collected release.

Sources · 2

  1. Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) / Defence Ministry ↗Coastal UAV recovery and destruction missions, 26 August 2026, morning release
  2. The Sofia Globe / Bulgarian Defence Ministry ↗Tsarevo–Varvara, Kamchia, Kabakum, Pomorie and Pasha Dere cases, 25–26 August 2026

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Recovery

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Reported date
2026-08-25
Date basis
Discovery/response date unless described as report date; EEST
Location / jurisdiction
Kamchia resort coast
Event categories
Coastal/sea discovery; identification; recovery or disposal
What was reported
Wing washed ashore.
Aircraft / vessel / quantity
Military-drone wing
Origin / operator / attribution
Individual origin unresolved; cohort-level Russian/Ukrainian associations do not identify this object.
Damage / casualties / disruption
No casualties reported in cited account
Response / outcome
Varna Navy team recovered it.
Investigation / uncertainty
No final individual operator identification in collected release.
Route / entry mechanism
Found at sea/on shore; original flight route and crash date unknown
Explosive payload
No ammunition
Counting / links
Evening 25 August wing find; separate reported response from 27 August UAV E079. Shared airframe not established.
Research provenance
Added during export source checks; absent from the visible chronological report

Record E071. Record fields keep the register’s original wording.