South Korea’s military claimed Thursday that a North Korean drone allegedly crossed the no-fly zone near the presidential office in Seoul when five unmanned vehicles penetrated South Korean airspace last week.
An official explained that investigations have shown that the drone entered a 3.7-kilometer-radius no-fly zone around Yoon Suk Yeol’s office, despite the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s first version that had denied that there had been an entry into the airspace.
«It flew briefly toward the northern edge of the zone, but did not approach key security facilities,» the official has told Yonhap news agency on condition of anonymity.
Seoul reported on Dec. 26 that several North Korean drones crossed the border, prompting it to deploy planes and helicopters to shoot them down, in what was the first such incident since 2017.
South Korean Army sources highlighted that these «unidentified objects» caused the temporary suspension of civilian flights during the military operations to shoot them down.
According to information gathered by Yonhap, South Korean forces sent drones to the border area, some of which entered North Korean territory to conduct surveillance operations, including photography of «key enemy military facilities.»
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
