Turkish state-run media has circulated drone footage of military vehicles deployed by Athens to the islands of Lesbos and Samos
Greece has “unlawfully” deployed armored vehicles to the Aegean Islands, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Sunday, citing military sources.
The claim was backed by drone footage, purportedly showing the vehicles being unloaded from a Greek landing vessel.
Athens has sent unspecified “military vehicles donated by the US” to the Aegean Islands of Lesbos (known in Turkey as Midilli) and Samos (Sisam), the sources said. Each island is said to have received 23 and 18 vehicles respectively, delivered in batches over the past week.
Drone footage circulated by Turkish media shows military vehicles sitting in rows at a port installation with a landing ship moored nearby and its cargo hold open.
NEW: Turkish security sources say Greece deployed tactical armoured vehicles to islands with non-military status
• 23 vehicles to Lesbos,
• 18 vehicles to Samos
Sources say armoured vehicles are identical with the ones deployed to Alexandroupolis port by the US military pic.twitter.com/E9aiRJbWOB