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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, Read More …
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 Read More …
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 Read More …
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 Read More …
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 Read More …
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, Read More …
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 Read More …
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 Read More …
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 Read More …
An explosion shook the Swedish capital on Saturday, spreading fear among locals following another blast a little over a day earlier, local media reported. The blast took place at an apartment building just past midnight in Stockholm, just a day Read More …
Four suspects have been arrested over alleged plans for a terrorist attack in Iceland, say police. Several semi-automatic weapons — some 3D printed — were seized from nine different locations, along with a large quantity of ammunition, computers, telephones and Read More …
GENEVA, 21 March (UNEP/HABITAT) — The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has confirmed to the United Nations that depleted uranium (DU) was used during the Kosovo conflict. But, according to the Joint UNEP/UNCHS Balkans Task Force (BTF), the information provided Read More …
There have been 18 attempts to set fire to draft centres and state administrative buildings across Russia since the Kremlin announced that it was mobilising Russian citizens to fight in Ukraine last week. They are the latest in a wave Read More …
Russia’s security service said it thwarted a planned Ukrainian attack on infrastructure delivering energy to Turkey and Europe – a claim Kyiv denied. The Russian Federal Security Service, known as FSB, “prevented an attempt by the Ukrainian special services to Read More …
There have been over 70 explosions this year. Police say they have links to criminal gangs. There are often explosions near houses where ordinary people live. On Tuesday, there were two explosions in Skåne, one in Åstorp and one in Read More …
A man in his 20s has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after an explosion at an apartment building in Åstorp in Skåne. Police are also investigating a second explosion which happened half an hour later at an apartment Read More …
Construction workers in Leipzig discovered the 100 kg bomb at around 10.38 am while working on the construction site in front of the police headquarters on Dimitroffstraße (city centre), according to local reports. Following the discovery, the entire city centre Read More …
The Russia-installed rector at Kherson State University in southeastern Ukraine, Tatyana Tomilina, has reportedly survived an assassination attempt and is currently in the hospital. Russian news agencies reported late on September 12 that a handmade explosive device detonated, killing a Read More …
A man who was arrested in connection with the 1996 Manchester IRA bombing has been released without charge. He was held on suspicion of terrorism at Birmingham Airport on Thursday but has now been released from custody, Greater Manchester Police Read More …
A Soviet second world war aerial bomb weighing 100kg has been found in the Danube in central Budapest, a Hungarian Armed Forces spokesman said on Thursday. The bomb will be removed from the riverbed on Monday, Lieutenant Milán Gajdos of Read More …