- Ukraine: Mine clearance of entire Luhansk Oblast will take at least 10 years
November 5, 2022
It will take at least 10 years to demine the entire occupied part of Luhansk Oblast. Serhii Haidai, Head of the Luhansk Oblast Military Administration on air during the national joint 24/7 newscast “It will take at least 10 years to demine the entire territory of Luhansk Oblast.” Haidai noted that first of all, the main overpasses and ...
- Switzerland: Explosions damaged two ATMs In Aesch
November 4, 2022
The explosion occurred shortly before 4 a.m., police confirmed. 20 Minuten had reported on the incident first. Two ATMs of Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank are affected. It is unclear how much money the perpetrators looted.No people were injured, police say. However, the building suffered major material damage. Because it was not known whether there were other undetonated explosive ...
- UK: Six police officers are under investigation over Manchester Arena terror attack
November 4, 2022
Six police officers are under investigation over the terror attack on Manchester Arena, it emerged yesterday. The Independent Office for Police Conduct is carrying out a probe into two Greater Manchester Police officers, while four members of British Transport Police are the subject of an internal inquiry overseen by the same watchdog. Some of those under investigation ...
- France: Three people are on the run after explosion damaged ATM in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés
November 2, 2022
A loud detonation sounded Tuesday around 3:30 am Avenue Gambetta in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés. Thieves fled after attacking an ATM with explosives. “Police officers on patrol heard the bang. When they arrived on site, they found that the ATM screen had been projected about thirty meters away. The suspects, three hooded people, fled in a car,” said a ...
- Sappers from Cambodia, one of the most mined countries, will train Ukrainian colleagues
November 2, 2022
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky agreed with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on cooperation. Our sappers will be trained by colleagues from the mentioned Asian country. According to The Washington Post, Zelensky held a telephone conversation with Hun Sen. As a result, Cambodia agreed to send its sappers to train the Ukrainian military. Director General of the ...
- Russia detains Ukrainian man for plot to sabotage Crimea power line, FSB says
November 2, 2022
Russian security services have detained a Ukrainian citizen on suspicion of planning to “sabotage” a power line in Crimea, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Wednesday. The FSB said a man in his 40s had been found carrying diagrams of power lines, three explosive devices and instructions on how to use them, and suspected the ...
- UK: Man ‘throws petrol bomb out of his car’ at Dover immigration centre before ‘killing himself’
October 30, 2022
This is the moment a man throws a “petrol bomb” out of a car at a Dover immigration centre before witnesses claim he killed himself. Cops confirmed between two and three “incendiary devices” were lobbed into the immigration border force site today – sparking a massive blaze. Police have not yet confirmed any fatalities however witnesses have ...
- Finland: Weapons supplied to Ukraine have ended up with criminals in Finland
October 30, 2022
Organised crime is growing in Finland and there is a high demand for weapons. The routes and connections from Ukraine to Finland are already in place. The police are hoping for additional resources for an increasing workload due to the war in Ukraine. In the summer, Europol, the European police authority, warned that international criminal networks ...
- Ukraine Unleashes Mass Kamikaze Drone Boat Attack On Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Headquarters in Crimea
October 29, 2022
The largest city in Crimea and the home of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet woke up to heavy explosions and anti-aircraft fire during an attack Russian officials say included aerial drones and especially unmanned surface vessels (USV), both of which were ‘suicide’ or ‘kamikaze’ types mean to explode when they arrive at their targets. The Ukrainian Armed ...
- Ukraine: Multiple people injured following car bomb explosion in Melitopol
October 25, 2022
M people have been injured as a result of a car bomb explosion in Ukraine’s Melitopol on Tuesday, October 25. The car bomb exploded near the office of the ZATV television company in Melitopol, Zaporizhzhya Region, according to initial reports. Videos have emerged online following the incident which left multiple people injured. A source told Russian news outlet ...
- UK, US and France release rare joint statement after Russia contacts them over ‘dirty bomb’ claims
October 25, 2022
Russia has engaged in an unusual burst of contact with the West’s three nuclear powers to raise baseless claims about a dirty bomb plot in Ukraine, amid fears of further escalation. In the past 48 hours, Vladimir Putin’s defence minister, Sergei Shoigu, has spoken to his respective counterparts in the US, the UK and France, while ...
- Russia: Explosion destroys parts of rail track in Bryansk region
October 24, 2022
A portion of a railway linking Russia to Belarus was damaged by an explosive device Monday night, according to a report from Russia state-owned news source RIA Novosti. According to the report, the explosion blew up parts of the track between the Russian towns of Novozybkiv and Zlinka in the Bryansk region, which borders Belarus and ...
- Europol reports dramatic increase in ATM explosions across Europe
October 23, 2022
The number of explosions at ATMs in Europe is increasing drastically, according to Europol. This trend is also reflected in the Netherlands, where Amsterdam is especially hard hit, a census by ANP/LocalFocus showed. Across Europe, perpetrators are using stronger and more dangerous explosives, according to a spokeswoman for the cooperation of the police forces of the ...
- Ukraine: Improvised Explosive Device Kills 1 In Kherson City Center
October 23, 2022
An improvised explosive device went off on the street of Kherson, killing one person, Kirill Stremousov, the deputy head of the regional administration, said on Sunday. “There was a terrorist attack. One person died and a nearby car was damaged as a result of the explosion of an improvised explosive device tied to a pole,” Stremousov told ...
- UK: Cash stolen from ATM after ‘small explosion’ at Launceston Co-op
October 21, 2022
Cash was stolen from an ATM in Launceston after thieves caused a ‘small explosion’ and reversed their van into the machine. The incident happened at a Co-op store on Newport Industrial Estate at around 2am on Thursday 20 October. Devon and Cornwall Police say the ram raid was carried out by two male suspects. Read more… Source: ITV News
- Ireland: Surprise ‘gift’ to war museum of 18 lb shell made safe by army
October 18, 2022
Owner of the Military Museum in Collon William Sullivan is used to people offering him war memorabilia, but he got the shock of his life on Friday when he thought a live shell was left at his door! The drama started around lunchtime when a visitor brought something he’d found in his shed, and the day ...
- ‘Powerful explosions’ behind two Nord Stream gas pipeline leaks in Baltic Sea
October 18, 2022
A preliminary investigation of damage on the two Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Danish part of the Baltic Sea shows the leaks were caused by “powerful explosions”, Copenhagen Police has said. The force added officers investigated the “crime scenes” with assistance from Denmark’s armed forces and in collaboration with the Danish security and intelligence agency. The ...
- Malta: Brothers sentenced to 40 years prison for murdering Maltese journalist
October 14, 2022
Two brothers were sentenced to 40 years each in prison on Friday for murdering anti-corruption Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Alfred and George Degiorgio were convicted of making, planting and detonating the car bomb that killed 53-year-old Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017. The pair previously pleaded not guilty to the charges, but changed their pleas in a ...
