North Korea: Kim Jong-un commends regiment on Russian mine-clearing mission

North Korea’s state media outlet, the Korean Central News Agency, reported on the 13th that a welcome ceremony for the “528th Engineer Regiment,” which was dispatched to Kursk Oblast, Russia, to remove mines and has since returned home, was held Read More …

Landmine casualties hit four-year high as treaty setbacks deepen

Civilian deaths and injuries from landmines and explosive remnants of war have risen to their highest level in four years, according to the Landmine Monitor 2025 report launched in Geneva on Monday. It documents 6,279 casualties in 2024. Children remain Read More …

Ukraine hits two Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tankers with drones in Black Sea

Ukrainian underwater drones have struck two tankers belonging to Russia’s so-called shadow fleet in the Black Sea, according to an official in Ukraine’s security services (SBU). Ukraine claimed the attacks after explosions hit the two vessels on Friday and Saturday. Read More …

UK: Alleged mercenary arrested in London over Albanian gang boss kidnap plot

An alleged mercenary has been arrested in London over a plot to kidnap the boss of an Albanian crime gang in revenge for a multimillion-pound drug theft. Latvian national Ainis Balodis, 45, was one of four men held in an Read More …

Russia: Caspian Pipeline Consortium reports halts in Black Sea oil loading after new attack

The Caspian Pipeline Consortium, which handles most of Kazakhstan’s crude exports through Russia to the Black Sea, halted loading after one of its three moorings was damaged amid overnight Ukrainian attacks in the region. “As a result of a targeted Read More …

Ukraine: 16-year-old Russian agent detained following double terrorist attack in Dnipro

The Security Service of Ukraine and the National Police detained a 16-year-old Russian agent who carried out a double terrorist attack in Dnipro on November 23. According to Ukrinform, this was reported by the SSU. The incident involved the detonation Read More …

North Korean sappers join mine-clearing efforts in Russia’s Kursk region

North Korean sappers working in the Kursk region have been trained to follow Russian commands as joint demining continues in areas retaken from Ukrainian forces, a Russian official said on Thursday. The official told the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper that manuals Read More …

UK: Men jailed over arson attack for Russia on Ukrainian business in London

Six men have been jailed for their parts in a Russian-ordered arson attack on a London warehouse providing aid to Ukraine. The fire at industrial units in Leyton, east London, on 20 March 2024, caused £1.3m in damage. Ringleader Dylan Read More …

Russia: Woman injured by explosion of unidentified device in Stavropol

An explosion of an unidentified device has wounded a woman with shrapnel in the city of Stavropol, a source in the regional operational services told TASS quoting preliminary data. “An unidentified device exploded in the 204th block microdistrict. As a Read More …

Ukrainian citizens arrested in Poland and Romania over an alleged Russian plot

A Ukrainian citizen allegedly working for Russian intelligence services as part of a sabotage campaign was detained in Poland, while two others were arrested in Romania, prosecutors said Tuesday. Prosecutors said the individuals acting on behalf of the Russian intelligence Read More …

Russia: Powerful Explosion Rocks Chemical Plant That Manufactures Explosives

A powerful explosion occurred on October 17 at the Avangard chemical plant in the city of Sterlitamak, Republic of Bashkortostan. According to the company’s general director Dmitry Loginov, the incident took place in the plant’s nitro unit. The facility is Read More …

Russia accuses Ukraine of drone attack on nuclear site

A state-run Russian nuclear energy company accused Ukraine of striking the cooling tower of the Novovoronezh nuclear power plant with a drone overnight into Tuesday. Newsweek has contacted the Ukrainian Air Force for comment. Rosenergoatom, which operates the nuclear plant, Read More …

European countries are now turning to landmines to create new deadly defensive barriers from Russia

Five Nato countries neighbouring Russia or its ally, Belarus, have announced that they are to opt out of the Ottawa treaty of 1997. This treaty bans the use by signatories of anti-personnel (AP) landmines. These states – Poland, Finland, Lithuania, Read More …

Ukraine: 1,330 people injured by mines during full-scale war, including 135 children

Since the start of the full-scale invasion by the Russian Federation, 1,330 people have been injured by mines and explosive remnants in Ukraine, including 135 children. “As of October 1, 2025, 1,330 people have been affected by enemy mines and Read More …

IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 318

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today that he is discussing detailed proposals with the Russian Federation and Ukraine on how to restore off-site power to the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), which has relied on emergency back-up electricity Read More …

Russia: Drone downed at Kursk-II Nuclear Power Plant construction site

Asuspected Ukrainian drone has been brought down over Russia’s Kursk NPP, regional governor Alexander Khinshtein reported. It fell on the construction site of the Kursk-II plant, which will replace the currently operating Kursk NPP comprising four ageing RBMK reactors (two Read More …

Ukrainian forces destroyed airborne Russian Mi-8 helicopter with FPV drone

Robert “Magyar” Brovdi, Commander of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces, has reported that Ukrainian forces have destroyed a Russian Mi-8 attack helicopter. Magyar on social media; 59th Separate Assault Brigade of Unmanned Systems named after Yakiv Handziuk Details: Brovdi said the Read More …

Polish missile likely destroyed house amid Russian drone incursion

Last week, Russian drones repeatedly violated Polish airspace during a major aerial attack on Ukraine, which Warsaw described as a provocation. The incident prompted Poland and its NATO allies to scramble fighter jets, and Poland said that the drones posing Read More …

Republic of Georgia: State Security Service blames Ukraine for bringing explosives into Georgia

State Security Service of Georgia (SSSG) says explosives were brought into the country on the orders of Ukrainian intelligence services. Deputy Head of the SSSG, Lasha Magradze, made the statement at a briefing held today, September 12. On September 11, Read More …

Russia: UAV attacks Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant, no damage, radiation levels normal

A Ukrainian military drone last night targeted the operational power unit of the Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant, according to a statement from Rosatom. The incident occurred on September 12, 2025, at 3:52 a.m. Moscow time (GMT +3), when a combat Read More …