Greece's main opposition party has accused the government of "security negligence" and leaving the country as an "open field" for foreign combat operations, after Defense Minister Nikos Dendias refused to disclose the origin of an armed drone carrying 100 kilograms of explosives found drifting off Lefkada on Friday.
PASOK defense spokesman Michalis Katrinis said Mr. Dendias' claim to know "what the drone is and what it contains" — while revealing nothing publicly — was a "grim scenario" that left Greek citizens in the dark about a direct threat to national sovereignty.
Mr. Katrinis warned that Greece risked becoming a "theater of war operations" and accused the ruling New Democracy government of repeating the pattern of earlier national surveillance scandals — claiming knowledge while withholding accountability.
He urged the government to clarify whether the device had been monitoring national security infrastructure.
The drone was discovered by a fisherman near a coastal cave on Lefkada on Friday. The military safely detonated the payload on Saturday.
The craft bears a resemblance to a Magura-class unmanned surface vessel — deployed by Ukrainian forces in the Black Sea and Mediterranean to strike Russian shadow-fleet tankers — though Athens has not confirmed that identification.
Military analysts say it likely drifted into Greek waters after a navigation failure or was launched from a nearby mother ship.
The Defense Ministry had not confirmed the drone's country of origin as of Sunday evening, maintaining only that the situation was under full control.