- Spain: Five explosive devices dating back to the Civil War neutralised in Teruel
October 14, 2022
TEDAX-NRBQ technicians assisted the Provincial Police of Teruel officers and defused five military devices in different rural locations in Teruel. In the hamlet of Caudé, the EOD team located and rendered safe a mortar round, 146mm and 105mm artillery shells. In the districts of San Blas and El Campillo, they located two other devices, one of ...
- Germany once again allocates 95.000 Euros to support Mine Victims in BiH
October 13, 2022
The Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Thomas Fitschen signed an agreement yesterday with the local non-governmental organization “Mine Detection Dog Center” (MDDC) on the provision of funds in the amount of 95,000 euros for victims of mines in BiH. As part of the embassy’s humanitarian project, the German Embassy ...
- Russia’s FSB detains 8 for Crimea Bridge explosion
October 12, 2022
Russia has apprehended eight suspects over the deadly explosion of the bridge linking annexed Crimea to Russia, the FSB security service said in a statement quoted by news agencies on Wednesday. The suspects include five Russians and “three Ukrainian and Armenian citizens,” it said, without providing more details. “The explosives were hidden in 22 plastic film rolls ...
- Triple-lock system won’t block Irish role in EU training mission to Ukraine
October 12, 2022
The triple-lock system governing the deployment of troops abroad will not be an obstacle to Irish participation in a military training mission to Ukraine, Defense Minister Simon Coveney has said. Ireland has indicated that it is ready to contribute to an EU training mission for the Ukrainian military which is currently in the planning stages. The ...
- Finland sent more of civilian material assistance to Ukraine
October 12, 2022
In August-September, Finland delivered a total of five trucks to Ukraine that contained civil defence equipment, hospital supplies and scanning equipment. The material assistance was provided through the EU’s Civil Protection Mechanism. – Russia has intensified brutal attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine this week. There is a great need for assistance, in addition of armed ...
- Germany: 500-kilogram Second World War bomb found in Frankfurt
October 11, 2022
The 500-kilogram unexploded ordnance from the Second World War is to be defused on Wednesday (12 October). On the Twitter channel of the Frankfurt fire brigade, Alexander Majunke of the explosive ordnance clearance service recently stated that it was not yet known what ignition was on the explosive device. The bomb is currently still encrusted with ...
- Germany: Two explosive devices found on the Erfurt-Nordhausen railway line at Straußfurt
October 10, 2022
After the explosive device were found at Straußfurt station a police spokesman told MDR THÜRINGEN that one of the explosive devices had been burned in a controlled manner, the second device had been defused. According to the the police one of the devices was wrapped in a cloth with a swastika. Both explosive devices were functional, ...
- Huge explosion destroys part of bridge linking Russia and Crimea
October 8, 2022
A huge explosion rocked a strategically important bridge linking Russia and the Crimean Peninsula early Saturday, bringing down sections of road and causing fuel tanker wagons to catch fire on a train. A day after President Vladimir Putin celebrated his 70th birthday, the Kerch Strait Bridge, which has been a symbol of his illegal annexation of ...
- Ukraine: Combine harvester blown up on enemy mine in Kryvyi Rih district
October 8, 2022
In the Kryvyi Rih district, a combine harvester was blown up after it ran over an enemy mine. The driver is alive. Yevhen Sytnychenko, the head of the Kryvyi Rih District Military Administration, said this in a Telegram post, Ukrinform reports. “Near the settlement of Velyka Kostromka, the combine driver, while harvesting sunflowers, drove over an enemy ...
- Germany: More than 3,000 people evacuated in Dresden after discovery of World War II bomb
October 6, 2022
The local police said that the device was found during construction work in the city and added that “the bomb disposal team specialists have examined the bomb, of American manufacture, and have determined that the detonator is significantly deformed”. Thus, he stressed in a statement that “the deactivation with a cutting system is scheduled for Thursday ...
- US officials say Ukraine behind car bomb assassination of Putin ally’s daughter
October 5, 2022
US intelligence believes parts of the Ukrainian government gave the go-ahead for a car bomb that killed the daughter of a staunch Putin ally in August, according to a report Wednesday. Kyiv has unequivocally denied any involvement in the blast that killed Darya Dugina, 29, in front of her father, Putin loyalist and Russian ultranationalist Aleksandr ...
- Greece: World War II Mortar shells uncovered at a construction site in Thessaloniki
October 5, 2022
According to information, on Tuesday (4/10), a Hellenic Army’s Land Mine Clearance Department (TENX) team unearthed more German World War II shells from the construction site. The total number of shells found was 69. As sources with knowledge of the works at the construction site of Leontos Sofou report, the most likely scenario is that this ...
- Ukraine: Car with four men inside drives over landmine in Chernihiv Oblast
October 2, 2022
A car and four dead bodies in it have been found in Chernihiv Oblast; the vehicle probably drove on a landmine. Source: Viacheslav Chaus, head of Chernihiv blast Military dminsitration; Kyrylo Tymoshenko, Deputy Head of the Office of President of Ukraine, on Telegram Quote from Chaus: “A car with 4 local civilians hit a mine in the ...
- Estonian EFP PK-14 Directional Mines In Ukraine
October 2, 2022
Recently another interesting anti-tank mine was spotted in use in Ukraine. The Estonian PK-14 or M14 directional mine appeared in photographs which were shared online around 9 September. The PK-14 is a directional mine capable of penetrating about 50mm of armour at a distance of 50 meters. Unlike the German DM22, which is also in service with ...
- Gas Gas Gas NATO forces strengthen CBRN skills
September 29, 2022
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Specialists (CBRN) Soldiers with the 39th Brigade Support Battalion conducted joint training with the Bulgarian Army’s 38th Chemical Battalion to show the CBRN capabilities and help grow for the future at Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria (NSTA) Sept. 20-29, 2022. “I know from the outside looking in, it looks like we ...
- UK: Manchester charity gets funding to clear landmines in Ukraine
September 28, 2022
A UK charity has received a two million dollar grant to clear landmines and unexploded ordnance in Ukraine and to deliver risk education to communities caught up in the conflict. The funding has been awarded to Manchester-headquartered MAG (Mines Advisory Group) by the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR). MAG, which employs some 5,800 people in 27 ...
- Germany: 50 kg World War II bomb defused in Berlin
September 26, 2022
A World War II bomb found in Berlin-Moabit, aduring construction work was defused on Monday. After the controlled detonation of the World War II bomb, the authorities have lifted the barrier circle around the site. The police announced on Monday on Twitter. This would allow residents to return to their home and traffic could start ...
- Slovakia hosts 10th annual CBRN exercise
September 26, 2022
ZEMIANSKE KOSTOL’ANY, Slovakia — Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense teams from 12 NATO nations participated in Slovakia’s 10th Annual Exercise Toxic Valley Sept. 5-16. The Slovak Republic hosts the exercise to provide world-class training to members of the NATO alliance. The exercise, conducted at the CBRN Training and Testing Center Zemianske Kostol’any, gives warfighters the opportunity ...
