The Croatian early warning system, paid for with €8 million from European funds, did not activate during the wildfires.

Omissions

• The exact €8,000,000 figure is a rounded statement of what Croatian media describe as 'more than eight million euros' (više od osam milijuna eura).
• No source found explicitly confirms that the €8 million for SRUUK came from European funds; the sources consulted state that Croatia paid for the system, so the EU-funding attribution remains unverified.
• The claim rests on Croatian news outlets (N1, 24sata, tportal); no primary official document (European Commission, Croatian Ministry of Interior, or national audit) specifying the SRUUK budget and its funding source was located within the search limit.

Sources

• SecondaryN1 Hrvatska'Više od osam milijuna eura plaćen je Sustav za rano upozoravanje i upravljanje krizama (SRUUK), koji se ponovno nije oglasio tijekom velikog požara kod Omiša' (More than eight million euros was paid for the Early Warning and Crisis Management System (SRUUK), which again did not activate during the large fire near Omiš).
• Secondary24sata'Više od osam milijuna eura Hrvatska je platila Sustav za rano upozoravanje i upravljanje krizama, odnosno SRUUK, koji se ponovno nije oglasio.' (Croatia paid more than eight million euros for the Early Warning and Crisis Management System, SRUUK, which again did not activate.)
• Secondarytportal.hrCroatian Ministry of the Interior (MUP) rejected the possibility that SRUUK was not activated due to a technical failure, stating that the SRUUK system 'operates stably' and has been reinforced since the start of the fire season.
• SecondaryRiPortalAfter a meeting of the Civil Protection Staff, Prime Minister Plenković explained why SRUUK did not activate, noting the fire developed extremely fast due to strong winds and conditions on the ground changed rapidly.