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Russian Orlan-10 Drone Crashes in Turkey Near Istanbul
- Turkey's Interior Ministry opened a probe on Friday into an unmanned aerial vehicle that crashed in northwest Turkey, days after another drone was shot down from the Black Sea.
- On Monday, Turkish F-16 fighter planes intercepted an out-of-control drone after it violated Turkish airspace, and the defense ministry said it was destroyed in a safe location to protect civilians and air traffic.
- Residents in Kocaeli province found wreckage, and the Interior Ministry said initial assessment indicates it could be a Russian-made Orlan-10 drone as the investigation continues.
- Turkey's government warned both Russia and Ukraine to exercise greater caution over Black Sea security after Ukrainian strikes on a Russian 'shadow fleet' of tankers off the Turkish coast.
- The defense ministry said the shot-down drone likely fragmented, leaving fragments scattered over a wide area and complicating identification; search and technical analysis teams remain active.
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A Russian Orlan-10 drone fell in Kojaeli province in north-west Turkey, reporting to the Ministry of the Interior.
·Riga, Latvia
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spacewar.comTurkey Says Crashed Drone Believed to Be Russian-Made
Turkey said a drone that crashed on Friday in a rural area of northwestern Turkey following a series of incidents linked to the Russia-Ukraine war was of Russian origin.
·Amsterdam, Netherlands
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After a drone was delivered by F-16 planes in Ankara, another unknown drone fell into a rural area of the Izmit district of Kocaeli. The room on the board was functional, and because of the accident and its origin will be...
·Romania
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A drone that the government says is of Russian origin crashed in Turkey on Friday.
·Vilnius, Lithuania
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