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“Destroy and do not stop”, – Metropolitan EOD technician Igor Wojciechowski on the seizure of enemy ammunition. Law enforcement officers continue painstaking work eliminating explosive objects using controlled explosions to neutralize them. After all, no undetonated projectile should harm civilians. Read More …
Images shared to social media indicate that the Russian PTKM-1R (ПТКМ-1Р) top-attack anti-vehicle landmine was recently employed in Ukraine. This munition is not known to have been previously employed on operations. It was shown for the first time outside Russia Read More …
The time for humanitarian demining of the area around the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) will be measured in months, Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky has said. According to the Minister of Internal Affairs, the examination of the territory around the Read More …
On April 23, Ukrainian pyrotechnic workers have neutralized 1,471 explosive objects, including three aviation bombs. The State Emergency Service said this a Facebook post, Ukrinform reports. “Pyrotechnic units of the State Emergency Service were called out 123 times over the Read More …
A huge blast echoed across Rochdale town centre this morning as the bomb squad carried out a controlled explosion on a ‘suspicious device’. A heavy emergency services response was sparked after the item was discovered at around 3am. A large Read More …
A special operation to detain a previously convicted local resident was carried out by the officers of the criminal investigation department, military police and EOD team. During the authorized searches at the place of residence of the citizen, law enforcement Read More …
On April 11, employees of the pyrotechnic unit of the Interregional Rapid Response Center of the SES (Romny) carried out work on the disposal of 61 explosive objects, including shrapnel combat elements from SMERCH multiple launch rocket systems, the combat Read More …
The Ukrainian men (and one dog) risking their lives to remove explosives from the battlefield as the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters a new phase. Piles of unexploded ordnance, including 120-millimeter mortar shells, and the frame of a cluster bomb Read More …
Police forces were hunting for a man who left a parcel bomb in the Cathedral of Toulouse, Southwestern France, on Friday, ahead of the first round of voting in France’s presidential race on April 10, police said. The man deposited Read More …
The National Police has arrested in Las Rozas (Madrid) a Spanish convert for his alleged participation in the crimes of self-indoctrination and terrorist self-training. The man had already been arrested in 2020 for similar crimes. Last March, a citizen informed Read More …
Four people arrested as part of an investigation into homemade explosives in a village near York, have been released on conditional bail. A firth person was also arrested in connection with the investigation and has also been released on conditional Read More …
On March 22, a construction crew in Germany found an unexploded bomb in Essen, Germany, decades after it had been dropped during World War II. The area was evacuated, including part of a nearby hospital and a home for seniors. Read More …
In Chernihiv region, work to clear roads is underway, local residents should refrain from traveling around the region, head of Chernihiv regional military administration Viacheslav Chaus reported. “We have a lot of work and a lot of mined roads, a Read More …
Police arrested a man following a car chase on the A27 and A2 on Saturday morning. An explosive was found in the vehicle after an investigation by experts. Other suspects are still on the run, according to the police. Authorities Read More …
While much of Ukraine’s success against Russian forces has been down to agile tactics and advanced hardware, the ability to improvise equipment is proving to be equally important. This agricultural drone has been converted to carry explosives – and is Read More …
A team of the Romanian Navy destroyed on March 28 a naval mine found floating 39 nautical miles (some 70 km) off the Romanian Black Sea coast’s Capu Midia. The mine had been spotted by the Romanian fishing vessel Olimpus Read More …
Residents of Schiebroekstraat in Zoetermeer were startled Saturday morning by a man in camouflage clothing banging on windows and doors and shouting. Police arrested him and subsequently found a rifle grenade in his car, Omroep West reports. Police urged residents Read More …
A former war correspondent has shared chilling insight to the so-called ‘butterfly’ mines reportedly being used by Russian troops in Ukraine. After Vladimir Putin sent Russian forces across the border on February 24, Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova shared the news Read More …
After setting up 475 meters a safety perimeter and evacuating local residents, the EOD technicians of 21st Engineer Regiment of the Bersaglieri Garibaldi Brigade have safely defused the 200-pound Second World War bomb in Sapri, Campania. The soldiers were assisted Read More …
Russia has been accused of using cluster bombs in Ukraine – and the International Criminal Court (ICC) has opened an investigation into possible war crimes. We’ve looked at social media videos and open-source material to detail the evidence around one Read More …