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Recovery · Bulgaria

Floating drone tail section recovered south of Kavarna, Bulgaria

· South of Kavarna

Coastal aerial-drone recovery; individual origin unresolved

On 27 August 2026 a Bulgarian naval team identified a floating drone fragment, the tail section, in the sea 8 nautical miles south of Kavarna, Bulgaria. It was transported to Varna Naval Base.

No operator has been identified, and the release reporting it gave no final identification. Associations with Russian or Ukrainian drones made for the wider group of finds do not identify this tail section. When the drone came down and the route it flew are unknown.

Any payload was not specified, and no casualties were reported.

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Image from the The Sofia Globe / Bulgarian Defence Ministry report: Kavarna, Kamchia and Chernomorets recovery reports, 27 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 · 1

  1. The Sofia Globe / Bulgarian Defence Ministry ↗Kavarna, Kamchia and Chernomorets recovery reports, 27 August 2026

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Recovery

Map positions are approximate anchors for the named place, not verified incident coordinates.

Reported date
2026-08-27
Date basis
Discovery/response date unless described as report date; EEST
Location / jurisdiction
Sea 8 nautical miles south of Kavarna
Event categories
Coastal/sea discovery; identification; recovery or disposal
What was reported
Naval team identified floating fragment.
Aircraft / vessel / quantity
Drone tail section
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
Transported to Varna Naval Base.
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
Not specified
Counting / links
Separate recovery site; an additional unique airframe is not established.
Research provenance
Added during export source checks; absent from the visible chronological report

Record E078. Record fields keep the register’s original wording.