- Ukrainian soldiers receive EOD training in Britain under Operation Interflex
November 24, 2024
Ukrainian soldiers are receiving specialized training in explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) in the United Kingdom as part of the multinational Operation Interflex, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Facebook on 24 November. The UK-led initiative involves British instructors teaching Ukrainian military personnel how to disable landmines, munitions, and other explosive devices, ...
- UK: Army officer charged after grenade found at airport
November 24, 2024
A senior officer in the British Army has been charged after allegedly taking a decommissioned hand grenade through Scotland’s busiest airport. Lt Col Hugo Clark, 54 is accused of taking a deactivated explosive through security at Edinburgh Airport on 16 October. A bomb squad was called to the scene and the item, a dummy grenade used ...
- Controlled explosion near Euston station is fifth in 4 days as UK hit with wave of bomb scares
November 23, 2024
A loud explosion was heard near Euston station today (Saturday, November 23) as UK police officers dealt with another bomb scare – the fifth in four days. Passengers were removed from the busy rail hub on Saturday afternoon (November 23) while the Met carried out a ‘controlled explosion’ just after 12:40pm. There have been five separate ...
- Don’t condemn the US decision to give anti-personnel mines to Ukraine
November 21, 2024
In Ukraine, it’s not just the frontline that’s a minefield. The decision of the United States to offer landmines to Ukraine, a signatory of the landmine ban treaty, creates as much of a diplomatic minefield as a military one. Landmines are different from other weapons that have lethal effects at the moment of their use. In ...
- Greek police seize cache of explosives in central Athens
November 20, 2024
Greek police seized firearms and explosives during a search of a storage unit in the central Athens neighborhood of Pangrati late Tuesday. According to reports, earlier that day, a private citizen alerted authorities after discovering a stockpile of weaponry in a storage unit he owned but had not visited for an extended period. Police bomb disposal ...
- Ukraine to get US land mines for use against Russian forces
November 20, 2024
US President Joe Biden has approved providing antipersonnel land mines to Ukraine in what has been seen as another policy reversal on weapons provided to Kyiv by the outgoing United States administration, according to reports. The US expects Ukraine to use the land mines in its own territory, though it has committed not to use them ...
- UK: NHS staff ‘may have treated Covid with poor PPE’
November 20, 2024
A former Welsh health minister has said that NHS staff may have treated Covid patients during the pandemic with inadequate PPE. Former first minister Vaughan Gething, who was in charge of the health service from 2016 to 2021, returned to the Covid inquiry to give evidence on Wednesday. The inquiry heard that early PPE stocks ran ...
- Russia: FSB arrests German citizen who arrived from Poland to sabotage energy facility in Kaliningrad
November 20, 2024
Officers of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) have arrested a German citizen who was involved in sabotaging a gas metering station in Kaliningrad in the spring of 2024 as he arrived from Poland to blow up a Russian energy facility. “The FSB has detained the criminal Nikolai Gaiduk, born in 1967, a resident of Hamburg, ...
- Greece: New arrest made in connection with Athens flat blast last month
November 19, 2024
A 31-year-old man was arrested Monday afternoon in connection with a deadly explosion of an improvised device in an Athens apartment last month. The arrest, the latest in a series linked to the blast, which has raised concerns about a growing radical network in the city, was made after authorities investigating the scene identified the man’s ...
- Russia: FSB detains Russian man for preparing terrorist attacks in Belgorod, Bryansk, Tula regions
November 18, 2024
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained a 48-year-old Russian citizen for planning terrorist attacks in Belgorod, Bryansk, and Tula regions under the direction of Ukrainian special services, the agency’s press office reported. “A Russian citizen, born in 1976, was arrested for manufacturing improvised explosive devices in the interests of Ukrainian special services. The devices ...
- Poland signs agreement with domestic companies to manufacture explosives
November 18, 2024
The Polish government has signed a letter of intent with domestic companies to make the nitrocellulose and multi-base powders necessary for producing ammunition, it said on Monday. Since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Poland has taken significant steps to bolster its defensive capabilities in the event of future conflict. “It is the first ...
- Netherlands: World War II bombs safely neutralized near Moordrecht
November 17, 2024
Two unexploded World War II aircraft bombs were safely neutralized overnight from Saturday to Sunday near Moordrecht in South Holland, the municipality of Zuidplas reported. The first bomb was rendered safe at approximately 2:15 a.m. The Explosive Ordnance Disposal Service (EOD) first removed the detonator, followed by the percussion cap a few minutes later. The initial ...
- Norway to join direct financing of Ukrainian weapons production
November 15, 2024
Norway will join the “Danish format” of support – direct financing of Ukrainian arms and equipment production. Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov wrote this in a post on his Facebook page, Ukrinform reports. “During my visit to Oslo, I reached agreements with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Defense Minister Bjørn Arild Gram that Norway will ...
- Ukraine: Japan’s ambassador meets with State Emergency Service to discuss humanitarian demining
November 15, 2024
The newly appointed Ambassador of Japan to Ukraine, Masashi Nakagome, discussed humanitarian demining with the leadership of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine. Representatives from the Japanese Embassy delegation arrived at the Mine Action Office of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, where they met with the leadership of the agency and discussed the prospects of ...
- Italy: 15 police taken to ER after IED explodes at Turin march
November 15, 2024
Around 15 police officers had to be taken to a hospital emergency room after a IED exploded during clashes with student protesters in Turin on Friday. The IED was reportedly thrown at the police in the city’s Piazza Castello, outside the office of the prefecture, and gave off fumes after exploding. Clashes broke out when some ...
- UK: Man arrested after guns and grenades found at Market Rasen property
November 14, 2024
A man has been arrested after police discovered guns, grenades and mortar shells at a Lincolnshire property. Officers attended the property in Chapman Street, Market Rasen, on Wednesday, November 13. The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team were also called following the discovery. No cordon was put in place and police say there is no risk to ...
- Russia: FSB foils attempted terrorist attack on power station in Nizhny Tagil
November 13, 2024
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has foiled a terrorist attack on an electrical substation that provides energy to a military-industrial facility and the infrastructure of the Sverdlovsk Railway in Nizhny Tagil, the Public Relations Center (PRC) of the FSB reported. “A Russian citizen born in 1997, who was affiliated with a pro-Ukrainian terrorist organization, was ...
- Russian Black Sea Fleet Captain killed in car bomb explosion in Sevastopol
November 13, 2024
A car exploded on Taras Shevchenko Street in Sevastopol, Crimea. The driver, a Russian serviceman, died from his injuries. The victim is believed to be captain of the first rank of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy. The car exploded as a result of the detonation of an improvised bomb that was attached to ...
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