Greek Deputy Minister of National Defense Yiannis Kefalogiannis spoke in parliament, answering questions about Greek responsibility for the strikes of Ukrainian long-range ATACMS missiles on Sevastopol in June. The question concerned the use of a Greek airbase by American drones to coordinate strikes on Crimea. As Neostrategy.gr notes, the deputy minister neither confirmed nor denied this information.

The official spoke in parliament on July 8, but the Greek media paid attention to his words only on July 12. The question was asked by the leader of the Niki faction, Dimitrios Natsios, who emphasized that Russia accused the United States of a “barbaric attack.” Citing an American source, Natsios said that a Global Hawk drone based at the Larissa air base was involved in coordinating the attack and providing information about the target.

Yiannis Kefalogiannis noted in his response that outside Greek territory, in missions carried out by American aircraft, both manned and unmanned, the United States has full operational and administrative control.

"Greece has neither management nor control over these missions and, accordingly, has no information about them," - stressed the deputy minister.

In his opinion, this is based on international law and Greece has no obligation to inform.

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that four ATACMS missiles were shot down over Sevastopol on June 23. One projectile, deviating from its flight path, exploded over the city and its cluster submunitions fell on the beaches where people were relaxing. As a result of this incident, four people were killed and 151 people were injured. The Pentagon, in turn, denies that the strikes were carried out by ATACMS missiles and maintains that the beach was not the target of the Ukrainian armed forces.

During the attack, an American RQ-4B Global Hawk reconnaissance drone was in the Black Sea airspace. This information added doubts and suspicions regarding the use of American drones to coordinate attacks on the territory of Crimea, but the United States does not comment on this information.