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In the Second World War, narrow sea areas such as fjords and straits suffered the most from mine warfare. Many Norwegian fjords were mined in the war and these old mines still cause danger for shipping and other human activities Read More …
A group of men were injured and killed following a mine explosion on a beach in Zatoka, Odessa region Ukraine. Video footage of the mine explosion in Ukraine was shared on Twitter: “There was a video of a mine explosion Read More …
Romania’s military carried out late on Sunday a controlled explosion of a naval mine that had drifted close to the country’s Black Sea shore, the defense ministry said. Mines began floating in the Black Sea after Russia invaded Ukraine on Read More …
A floating anti-ship mine was washed ashore in Odesa region, the press service of the Ukrainian Navy has said. “The defense forces found another floating anti-ship mine in the Black Sea near the shore in Odesa region. The dangerous discovery Read More …
Bulgaria’s Navy destroyed a floating sea mine on June 30, the Navy said in a statement on July 1. The Navy said that a report of a floating sea mine had been received at Naval Headquarters at 3.10pm on June Read More …
Italy, if necessary, is ready to take part in mine clearance operations at Ukrainian ports in order to ensure the exit of ships with grain from them, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Wednesday. “We are putting pressure 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 …
Turkey on Saturday reopened the Bosphorus, or Istanbul Strait, to ships after briefly closing it due to a suspected mine. Underwater security teams examined the object and found it to be an old mine and neutralized it, said National Defense Read More …
Seven crab fishermen were injured when their boat was blasted out of the water by a suspected Second World War explosive. Several crew members of the 42ft boat Galwad-Y-Mor suffered life-changing injuries in the accident, 25 miles north of Cromer, Read More …
A Maltese-flagged tanker has reportedly been damaged by a mine while taking on crude on October 3 outside the Yemeni port of Bir Ali. MV Syra reportedly suffered significant damage, resulting in a oil spill. Sources report that Syra was Read More …
