- Russia claims Ukraine set 1M mines to bar advance in South
February 28, 2025
On February 28, 2025, Vladimir Rogov, chairman of the Commission on Sovereignty, Patriotic Projects, and Veteran Support within Russia’s Public Chamber claimed that Ukraine’s armed forces have laid over 1 million mines across a 20-kilometer stretch of the front line north of the villages of Rabotino and Verbove, near the Russian-held city of Orekhov in ...
- Ukraine needs almost US$30 billion for mine clearance
February 27, 2025
Ukraine requires US$29.8 billion to clear the war-affected areas of landmines and other explosive ordnance. Ukraine’s Ministry of Economy, citing an assessment by the Fourth Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA4) conducted by the World Bank, the government of Ukraine, the European Union and the United Nations. The Ministry of Economy has lowered the estimated cost ...
- Ukraine: International partners to allocate EUR 700M for demining equipment
February 27, 2025
The long-term plan for developing Ukraine’s demining capacity for 2024-2034 includes an allocation of €700 million from partners for equipment procurement. This was discussed at the 11th Meeting of the Demining Capability Coalition in Vilnius, chaired by Lithuania and Iceland, Ukrinform reports, citing the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. At the initiative of Lithuania and Ukraine, ...
- Netherlands: Suspects used 200 liters of petrol for Tarwekamp explosion
February 26, 2025
Three of the four suspects arrested for the explosion at the Tarwekamp apartment complex will now also be prosecuted for murder or manslaughter and attempted murder or manslaughter. The other suspect is only facing arson charges. The explosion at the Tarwekamp apartment complex in The Hague was set using 200 liters of petrol. This resulted in ...
- UK: Teenage boy charged with planning terrorist attack
February 26, 2025
A 15-year-old boy has been charged with planning a terrorist attack and membership of a banned neo-Nazi group. He is charged with engaging in conduct in preparation for committing acts of terrorism. The boy, from Northumberland, was arrested last week and a property was searched, Counter Terrorism Policing North East said. He is remanded in custody ...
- UK hikes defense spending to 2.5 percent by cutting aid
February 25, 2025
The United Kingdom will increase defense spending to 2.5 percent of GDP from 2027 by cutting the international development budget, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Tuesday. Starmer was speaking ahead of his visit to Washington, D.C. to meet United States President Donald Trump later this week. The government pledged to reach 2.5 percent spending on defense ...
- Ukraine to establish AI-assisted demining test site
February 25, 2025
Ukraine has begun developing a testing site for the use of artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies in mine action. The Defence Ministry and its partners have identified a location for a testing ground dedicated to demining technologies. Representatives of the Main Directorate of Mine Action, Civil Protection, and Environmental Safety, the United Nations Development Programme, ...
- Germany: Suspected Hamas members face terrorism trial over weapons caches
February 25, 2025
A trial began in Germany on Tuesday for four alleged Hamas members suspected of establishing weapons stockpiles across Europe to be used in potential attacks on Israeli and Jewish targets. In a landmark case, the nation’s top prosecutor accuses the men of being members of a foreign terrorist organisation. The suspects are accused of having scouted ...
- UK announces its largest aid package for Ukraine
February 24, 2025
The United Kingdom will deliver its largest-ever aid package to Ukraine, amounting to £4.5 billion ($5.69 billion). At the same time, London will introduce a new package of sanctions against Russia, RBC-Ukraine reports, citing UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. “We must strengthen Ukraine even more to guarantee lasting peace, not just a pause in this war. ...
- American Airlines flight from New York to New Delhi diverted to Rome due to bomb threat
February 24, 2025
An American Airlines flight traveling from New York to New Delhi was diverted to Rome Sunday due to a bomb threat, according to a source familiar with the situation. In a statement, American Airlines said Flight AA292 was traveling from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Indira Gandhi International Airport before it diverted to Leonardo da ...
- France: An incendiary device explodes outside the Russian Consulate in Marseille
February 24, 2025
A suspect threw an incendiary device that exploded outside the Russian Consulate in Marseille early Monday, authorities said, on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. No injuries were reported. A second device, also thrown against the consulate’s outer wall, failed to detonate and landed on the sidewalk. A bomb disposal expert was dispatched to ...
- Bulgarian nationalists vandalise EU building in protest against plans to join eurozone
February 22, 2025
Police in Bulgaria’s capital have clashed with nationalist protesters who are demanding the government scrap plans to bring the country into the eurozone. Around 1,000 protesters gathered in front of the Sofia office of the European Commission, the European Union’s executive branch, and began throwing red paint and firecrackers at the building. A door was eventually ...
- German police arrest Syrian refugee after stabbing at Berlin Holocaust memorial
February 22, 2025
Authorities in Berlin have detained a teenage Syrian refugee after a man was stabbed near the city’s Holocaust Memorial late Friday – as divisive rhetoric swells over Germany’s immigration policy, ahead of a consequential national election. The 19-year-old suspect was arrested after a 30-year-old Spanish tourist was seriously injured at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews ...
- France: One dead, several wounded after stabbing in Mulhouse
February 22, 2025
At least one person has died and two police officers have been seriously injured in a stabbing incident in eastern France, according to local media reports, with the alleged perpetrator taken into police custody. The incident took place shortly before 4:00pm (15:00 GMT) during a demonstration in support of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday ...
- Italy prosecutors open terrorism probe into oil tanker blasts
February 20, 2025
Italian authorities opened a terrorism investigation into explosions last weekend that damaged an oil tanker off northern Italy, in the latest of four such incidents in the Mediterranean and Baltic seas in the past month, the chief prosecutor of the city of Genoa said on Thursday. Two explosions blew a hole below the waterline of the ...
- Spain: Explosive substance seized at Mallorca school
February 18, 2025
The Guardia Civil has removed three bottles of picric acid, also known as trinitrophenol (TNP), from a secondary school in Llucmajor. The containers were found in the chemistry and biology laboratories and were confiscated after being alerted by school officials, according to the Guardia Civil in a press release. Specialists from the Guardia Civil Explosives Disposal ...
- UK: Protesters climb on top of arms factory gatehouse
February 18, 2025
Six people have been arrested after a protest at an Israeli-owned arms factory. Protesters from Palestine Action climbed onto the gatehouse of Armstrong Works on Newcastle’s Scotswood Road and dumped rubble in front of the building’s gates to prevent access. Northumbria Police said it was informed of the protest at about 05:20 GMT and sent officers to ...
- Czechia hands over 1.6m shells to Ukraine
February 16, 2025
The Czech initiative to supply Ukraine with large-calibre ammunition has delivered 1.6 million shells and will continue its work, according to Czech President Petr Pavel. Pavel first announced assistance to Ukraine in its war against Russia a year ago as part of the Czech initiative. The Czech president noted that funding for the supplies is secured ...
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