Slovakia: Attack on drone factory stopped

 

TT

Published 07.38

 

A Ukrainian drone factory in Slovakia is suspected of being the target of an attack attempt. Here, one of the company's drones is shown at a facility in Kiev in September 2024. Photo: Efrem Lukatsky/AP/TT

Slovak police say they have stopped a planned attack on a Ukrainian-owned drone factory.

If the attack had been carried out, it would have caused a large-scale fire while about 70 employees were in the facility, the police authority announced via social media.

Three foreign people have been arrested, one of them in Germany, after the police received information from Slovakia's intelligence services. They also allegedly found a large amount of flammable liquid and a hand-drawn plan.

The facility is located in the city of Presov in eastern Slovakia and belongs to the Ukrainian company Skyeton, which manufactures drones for the Ukrainian army, according to the newspaper Denník N. It is described as the first known attack attempt of its kind on Slovak soil.