Croatia slams NATO over drone incident

Croatia slams NATO over drone incident

NATO has been too slow to react to a drone that flew all the way from Ukraine into Croatian territory before crashing in Zagreb earlier this week, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Saturday, adding that the military bloc is in need of a shakeup.

“We cannot tolerate this situation, nor should it have ever happened,” Plenkovic told journalists, referring to Thursday’s incident, in which a six-ton unmanned aircraft crashing into a field near a student dormitory.

“This was a pure and clear threat and both NATO and the EU should have reacted," the prime minister added, after visiting the drone crash site. The crash resulted in no injuries but dozens of parked cars were damaged, according to media reports.