- Türkiye discovers unexploded artillery shells in Black Sea
July 31, 2023
Türkiye’s Naval Forces Command detected at least 28 unexploded artillery shells in the Black Sea, local authorities in Istanbul said Monday. Investigations conducted by the underwater defense forces revealed that the objects were unexploded artillery shells, the governor’s office said in a statement. Read more… Source: Daily Sabah
- Sweden: A powerful explosion in Linköping
July 31, 2023
During the night, some type of explosive device detonated in the center of Skäggetorp. The Center Party’s leader and Linköping resident, Muharrem Demirok, lives a good distance from the explosion site, but was awakened by it last night. “It must have been a powerful detonation,” he says. After seeing on the news that there was an ...
- Ukraine’s sea drones, part of Ukraine’s fightback in the Black Sea
July 30, 2023
At a secret makeshift military base a nondescript van and pickup truck tow two gray objects covered by tarpaulin mounted on trailers. In the driving rain, they resemble something more akin to a Boston Whaler, rather than hiding one of Ukraine’s most closely guarded secrets. Perched on the banks of a secret lake, CNN was given ...
- IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 176
July 29, 2023
Yesterday, the IAEA team visited reactor unit 5 where they observed the reactor vessel, spent fuel pool and the steam generator. The team noted that all equipment seemed to be in normal condition. There were no restrictions during the visit and the team did not observe any mines or explosives. However, during a walkdown within the ...
- UK: Evacuation after man takes WW2 explosive home
July 28, 2023
Several residential streets were evacuated after a man told the police about a suspected World War Two bomb he had brought home to his garden. Rob Parkin, from Rachub, Gwynedd, discovered what he thought was a mortar at a quarry 20 years earlier “and stupidly brought it home”. “It crossed my mind occasionally that maybe there ...
- Ireland: Widespread condemnation of arson attack on former Cork school
July 28, 2023
The Tánaiste has led condemnation of a petrol bomb attack on a former school building which is being retrofitted to house Ukrainian families. Micheál Martin said those responsible for the incident should face the full rigours of the law. He was speaking in Cork on Friday as a Garda investigation got under way into the attempted ...
- UK: ‘Big bang’ as armed robbers ‘try to blow up’ Northwood Co-op cash machine
July 28, 2023
Neighbours have reported hearing a ‘big bang’ after armed robbers ‘tried to blow up’ a cash machine. Staffordshire Police are now hunting two masked raiders who targeted Northwood Co-op, on Keelings Road, late last night. It comes as the bomb squad has this afternoon been scrambled to the store which still remains taped off. Police forensics ...
- UK: Controlled explosion of WW2 bomb found on seabed
July 27, 2023
A controlled explosion has been carried out by Royal Navy divers off the north coast of Guernsey. Police said what was thought to be “an airdropped weapon” from World War Two was detonated at 10:15 BST. It said the device was discovered by a local diver. The navy identified it as a German-made SC500 bomb. The ...
- Greece: Wildfire in the Volos area triggers explosions at an ammunition depot and the relocation of fighter jets
July 27, 2023
A wildfire whipped on by strong winds triggered a series of massive explosions Thursday at an air force ammunition depot in central Greece, while firefighters worked to tame multiple blazes in the country. There were no injuries at the depot, which had been evacuated before the explosions, and by late Thursday the fire was no longer ...
- Russia: Traces of explosives found in hold of another vessel in Kerch Strait
July 27, 2023
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has found traces of explosives in the hold of a dry cargo vessel sailing via a Ukrainian port and the Kerch Strait to Rostov-on-Don to pick up a load of grain, the FSB told TASS on Thursday. “On July 26, traces of explosives – dinitrotoluene and trotyl – were found ...
- Northern Ireland: Petrol bomb attack on house in Co Down condemned by unionist MLA Alex Easton
July 26, 2023
A petrol bomb attack on a house in Co Down has been condemned as “utter madness” by a unionist MLA whose parents died in a fire. The property targeted in Holywood was not damaged after the bomb struck a lamp post. It happened around 12.30am on Wednesday morning in the East Link area of the town. ...
- Ukraine’s allies commit $244 million for humanitarian mine clearance, Kyiv says
July 26, 2023
Ukraine’s allies have committed to allocating $244 million and providing special equipment for the purpose of humanitarian mine clearance, First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on Tuesday. She said the donors included the United States, European Union, Japan, Germany, Britain, Norway, Sweden, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Denmark, Canada, Austria, Switzerland, Korea and the Howard Buffett ...
- Ireland: Government approves training engagement with EU Military Assistance Mission in Ukraine (EUMAM)
July 26, 2023
The Tánaiste and Minister for Defence, Micheál Martin, this week received Government approval for the Defence Forces’ proposed training engagement with the EU Military Assistance Mission in Ukraine (EUMAM). It follows Cabinet approval in February of the participation of up to 30 Permanent Defence Forces personnel to the newly established EUMAM in support of Ukraine. ...
- Belgium: Six men guilty of murder over Brussels terrorist attacks in 2016
July 25, 2023
Six men have been found guilty of murder and attempted murder for their part in the 2016 Brussels terrorist attacks that killed 32 people and injured more than 300. They include Salah Abdeslam, who is already serving a life sentence in France for his role in the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks which targeted the Bataclan theatre ...
- UK: Photo ID required to buy ammonium nitrate from October
July 25, 2023
Farmers, growers and buying co-operatives are being warned about an impending change in the law which will require them to provide photo ID when purchasing ammonium nitrate fertilisers from 1 October 2023. According to the Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC), the Home Office has updated its list of substances covered by the Control of Poisons and Explosives ...
- UK: Army dogs should be better protected, says former handler
July 25, 2023
Dogs who have served in the military should have equal status to human veterans and receive better aftercare, a former Army handler has said. Canines can be the first to be sent into the most dangerous situations. And dog charity Hero Paws said they should be treated equally to people once their time on the frontline ...
- IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 175
July 24, 2023
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts have observed directional anti-personnel mines on the periphery of the site of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today. During a walkdown on 23 July, the IAEA team saw some mines located in a buffer zone between the site’s internal and external perimeter barriers. ...
- Russia’s FSB says traces of explosives found on foreign grain ship
July 24, 2023
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Monday that it had found traces of explosives on a ship travelling from Turkey to the port of Rostov-on-Don in Russia to pick up grain. The FSB said the ship had been docked in the Ukrainian port of Kiliia in May, and that it may have been used to ...
