JAKARTA - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Defense stated that over the past two days, the country's air defense forces responded to six unmanned aerial vehicles or drones, three of which appeared near the Barakah nuclear power plant.
The drones were reported to have come from Iraq.
"The Ministry of Defense announced that over the past 48 hours, the UAE air defense system managed to detect and intercept six enemy UAVs attempting to target civilian and vital areas in the country," the UAE Ministry of Defense wrote on X, as reported by ANTARA from Sputnik, Wednesday, May 20.
"The results of technical tracking and monitoring show that there are three drones, two of which have been neutralized, while the third crashed into an electrical generator outside the perimeter of the factory," the ministry said.
"In addition, all the UAVs intercepted came from Iraqi territory," the ministry added.
On Sunday, the UAE Ministry of Defense said that two drones were successfully intercepted, and the third hit an electrical generator outside the perimeter of the Barakah nuclear power plant.
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