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A Swedish court on Thursday jailed three men for planting explosives outside an Israeli military technology firm in Gothenburg in June, the ruling said. Two insulated flasks packed with plastic explosives were found outside the offices of Elbit Systems, known Read More …
The Czech initiative to raise funds for the purchase of drones for the Ukrainian military has raised more than CZK 203 million (over €8 million) to date. Skupina D, an organisation that organises a fundraiser called Drone Nemesis, on Thursday, Read More …
More than one thousand days into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, landmine and explosive remnants of war (ERW) contamination on Ukrainian farmland remains a complex and pervasive challenge for Ukraine’s farmers and government, its allies, and the global mine action Read More …
A debate on UK Government support for the explosive ordnance disposal community is scheduled to take place on Wednesday 11 December 2024. The debate will be opened by Helen Maguire MP. Read more… Source: House of Commons Library Sign up Read More …
A piece of unexploded ordnance that led to buildings along a seafront being evacuated has been safely removed. Cordons were put in place in the Pier Road area of in Southsea after police were called at 09:37 GMT. A spokesperson Read More …
The United States is preparing a new $725 million military aid package for Ukraine, a move intended to propel Kyiv as Russia earmarks 32 percent of its 2025 budget on defense. The assistance includes counter-drone systems, munitions for High Mobility Read More …
The Ukrainian government has reported that the number of certified mine action operators in Ukraine has now reached almost 70, while the number of bomb disposal experts has exceeded 4,000. Moreover, more than 150 pieces of specialised mine action vehicles Read More …
Participants in the ninth meeting of the Demining Coalition, co-chaired by Lithuania and Iceland, discussed Ukraine’s needs for equipment and weapons, and also agreed on the Roadmap for Assistance for 2025-2034. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense. The Read More …
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in Ukraine Monday for a surprise visit during which he is set to announce arms deliveries worth hundreds of millions, due to arrive in Kyiv before year-end. “I would like to make clear, here on Read More …
Two teenage boys have been charged after a suspected chemical attack at a south-west London railway station which caused two police officers to be taken to hospital. The boys, aged 14 and 16, were spotted at Surbiton railway station “acting Read More …
Kosovo worked to shore up water and power supplies on Saturday and stepped up security at strategic sites after an explosion hit a canal that sends water to its two main power plants, an incident Pristina labelled a “terrorist act” Read More …
Bomb disposal experts from Ukraine’s State Emergency Service (SES) have discovered wreckage from a Russian Kh-55 cruise missile in one of Kyiv’s districts. Emergency workers note that although wreckage did not pose a direct threat to the population, it could Read More …
Five people involved in the Nov. 20 terrorist attack near a police station in downtown Zhytomyr have been detained, the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) reported on Nov. 27, posting photos of a joint operation with the National Police. A 46-year-old Read More …
Seven people have now been arrested by counter-terrorism police in London for suspected activity linked to the banned militant group, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). The Metropolitan Police said two women, aged 59 and 31, and four men, aged 27, Read More …
Daniel Andreas San Diego, one of the FBI’s most wanted terror suspects, has been arrested in Wales, U.S. authorities said Tuesday. The FBI said it coordinated with U.K. authorities to arrest San Diego, who has been wanted in connection with Read More …
A parcel bomb exploded in a letter box in Grange-Canal yesterday afternoon. Geneva police sealed off a large section of the area. A child was injured and taken to hospital. It’s thought there may be a link to the explosion Read More …
Six pipe bombs and a number of illegal substances were seized during a search of a residential property in Galway. The search took place as part of ongoing investigations targeting organised criminal activity in County Galway and saw three women Read More …
A man from Bayswater has been charged with carrying out a bomb hoax after allegedly planting a fake IED near to the US Embassy in London. Daniel Parmenter, 43, is accused of leaving a device that resembled a bomb near Read More …
This year, countries in the international drone coalition will allocate €1.8 billion to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Ukraine’s Defence Minister Rustem Umierov revealed that this decision was communicated by partners from Latvia, which co-leads the drone coalition with Read More …
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 Read More …