UK: Car blown up by police in bomb scare in London ‘was left with charger plugged in for week’

A car destroyed by police during a central London bomb scare had reportedly raised suspicions after being left for a week with a charging cable plugged into its dashboard. A wrecked black Audi A1 Sportback S Line remains abandoned outside Read More …

Ukraine: Couple who made explosives for Dnipro 14 December attack detained

The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) and the National Police have detained two more suspects involved in the terrorist attack in Dnipro on 14 December 2024 which killed one and injured four people, including two police officers. The SSU reports Read More …

Ukraine: 35,000 sq km of land demined in just under three years

Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, mine clearance experts have demined 35,000 sq km of Ukrainian territory, with 17,000 sq km cleared in 2024. Yuliia Svyrydenko, Ukraine’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy said: “As Read More …

UK: Controlled explosion carried out after ‘suspicious item’ found in house in Manchester

Police have carried out a controlled explosion after a “suspicious item” was found at a house in south Manchester. Officers made the discovery after raiding a property in Fencot Drive, Longsight, at about 7.50am today (Wednesday). A bomb disposal unit Read More …

Finland sends CBRN protective equipment, detector to Ukraine

Finland has for the first time delivered assistance from an EU-fun​ded rescEU stockpile to a country that has requested assistance, said an official government press release. This week, a truckload of personal protective equipment and chemical detectors was delivered to Read More …

Sweden: Three arrested after explosion in Malmö

Three people in their 20s have been arrested after an explosion at a property near Valdemarsro in Malmö’s outskirts. Someone has placed some kind of homemade bomb, says Thomas Paulsson, officer on duty. No one was in the residence, a Read More …

Iceland joins in funding Danish model for Ukrainian weapons production

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has expressed gratitude to Iceland for its recent contribution to producing Ukrainian weapons under the Danish model. Icelandic Foreign Minister Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday, 7 January. During their meeting, Sybiha thanked Read More …

Netherlands: Police “frustrated and desperate” about firework violence

A growing number of police officers have had enough of the way they become targets during the New Year festivities and are accusing the government of failing to act to end the chaos, the AD reported on Monday afternoon. They Read More …

Germany: Blast at a Berlin police station hurts two; no attack suspected

Authorities in Germany are trying to figure out what triggered a blast at a police station in Berlin late on Thursday evening, but do not believe the explosion was part of an intentional attack. A policeman suffered injuries to his Read More …

UK: East Anglia’s hidden and explosive dangers

East Anglia offers a unique opportunity for offshore energy generation, as well as other large scale infrastructure projects, such as the Lower Thames crossing. There has been many a failed dream too, from Maplin Sands, to London Britannia aka ‘Boris Read More …

Ukraine: Military sappers clear almost 253K ha of lands of mines, UXOs in 2024

Over the year, the demining units of the Defense Ministry cleared almost 253,000 hectares of territories from mines and unexploded munitions and neutralized 137,821 explosive objects. This was reported by the MoD press service, Ukrinform saw. “In 2024, the demining Read More …

Belgium: Brussels gripped by chaos on New Year’s Eve

Revelers set scores of cars alight and pelted emergency services with Molotov cocktails in Brussels late Tuesday as the city faced a wave of disorder on New Year’s Eve. Police arrested 159 people in the Belgian capital between 6 p.m. Read More …

Germany: Five killed and hundreds arrested after New Year’s Eve chaos

Five people have been killed across Germany in accidents involving fireworks as riots in Berlin led to over 400 arrests in a night of chaos celebrating the start of the new year. One of those killed was a 24-year-old who Read More …

UK: Illegal amount of potentially explosive chemical was stored at farm by pyrotechnic enthusiast

A member of the UK Pyrotechnics Society was found with a huge, illegal amount of a chemical used for explosives. Some of it was sold to people in the UK and Europe and he had not checked whether or not Read More …

Ukraine’s MoD sappers demine 4K hectares in December

This month, the demining units of the Ministry of Defense cleared 3,927.54 hectares of territories contaminated with explosive objects as a result of Russia’s armed aggression, of which 3,871.38 hectares are farmlands. That’s according to the Ministry’s Main Department for Read More …

Russia’s FSB foils assassination attempts on defense officer, military blogger

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) reported to TASS that it has foiled terrorist attacks targeting a senior Defense Ministry officer and a military blogger covering the special military operation. According to the FSB, a Russian national, acting on orders from Read More …

Ukraine: Eight International Coalitions provide military assistance to Ukraine

Eight capability coalitions, each comprising between six and 21 countries, are actively assisting in addressing specific needs of Ukraine’s Defense Forces. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, according to Ukrinform. The Ministry noted that in September Read More …