Russian Sappers Deploy Electromagnetic Guns for Mine Clearance in Donbass

Servicemen from Russia’s Center group of forces have begun using «electromagnetic guns» to clear mines in recently liberated settlements in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry’s press service reported. According to the ministry, sappers from the 12th Separate Guards Engineer Brigade are deploying the Courier ground-based Read More …

Ukraine: Two suspects in custody after vehicle targeted by IED explosion in Dnipro

On May 7, around 7:30 AM, a parked vehicle belonging to a serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine exploded in the Soborny district of Dnipro. According to the investigation, two residents of the Samariivskyi district, aged 21 and 22, Read More …

Greece: Explosive-laden drone vessel discovered off Lefkada disarmed by specialists

The discovery of a drone vessel off Lefkada by fishermen yesterday is developing into a thriller, as it soon became clear that the unmanned craft carried special sensors, antennas, and advanced communications equipment. According to information from Protothema.gr, the drone Read More …

Baltic nations seek more NATO defence as drone hits Latvian oil tanks

The Latvian National Armed Forces (NBS) have told Latvian Television that two drones have crashed in Latvia’s eastern Latgale region overnight. The precise crash sites have yet to be specified, but early on the morning of Thursday, May 7th, airspace threat alerts were issued Read More …

Ukraine: Glass cobwebs in the fields, why fibre optics can be a problem for demining

A new anthropogenic landscape is forming along the front line, saturated with everything possible: debris, mines, unexploded ordnance, and toxic waste. Fiber optics from drones are also on this list. Millions of kilometers of thin cables litter Ukrainian lands and Read More …

Lebanon: Hezbollah adopts fiber-optic drones, used widely in the war in Ukraine

Hezbollah has launched a new weapon against northern Israel in the latest round of fighting: small drones controlled with fiber-optic cables the width of dental floss that avoid electronic detection. These drones — used widely in the war in Ukraine Read More …

Ukraine: Police detain two young men suspected of terrorist attack in Brovary

Police have detained two young men suspected of carrying out a terrorist attack in Brovary, Kyiv Oblast, on the orders of Russian secret services. At 22:08 on 13 April, a report was received via the 102 emergency line about an Read More …

Lebanon: Hezbollah deploying FPV explosive drones against IDF forces

Hezbollah has increasingly been using first-person-view (FPV) explosive suicide drones against Israeli forces in Lebanon, and while these technologies and tactics have been emerging in the Levant, they have long been established in the war between Ukraine and Russia. Drone Read More …

Ukraine: Bomb disposal experts destroy over 40 WWII munitions in Kharkiv region

Explosive ordnance disposal experts from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region have recovered and destroyed 43 pieces of ammunition dating back to World War II. According to the State Emergency Service agency, 38 mortar shells and Read More …

Finland: Controlled explosion carried out on drone warhead in municipality of Iitti

The Finnish Defence Forces and police detonated an unexploded warhead found in a remote area of Iitti on Saturday. The device had detached from a suspected Ukrainian drone discovered nearby. Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP) told Yle on Sunday that Read More …

Serbia: Explosives found near gas pipeline to Hungary

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said army and police found two backpacks containing explosives on Sunday near a gas pipeline to Hungary, prompting Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to convene an emergency defence council meeting. The backpacks, containing “two large packages Read More …

Ukraine: Over 100,000 sq km of land still potentially dangerous due to mines

More than 100,000 square kilometers of Ukraine’s territory remain potentially hazardous. The Office of the President of Ukraine reported this on Facebook on the occasion of the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. “More than 100,000 Read More …

Finland: Expert suggests stray drone exploded on impact

One of the two drones that strayed into eastern Finland on Sunday morning likely exploded on impact, according to former Finnish Defence Forces research chief Jyri Kosola. Finnish authorities have not confirmed this theory. Kosola, who is also a retired Read More …

Estonia: Stray drone from Russian airspace hit power station in Ida-Viru County

A stray drone coming from Russian airspace hit a chimney at the Auvere power station in Ida-Viru County in Estonia on Wednesday morning. “According to the current information, the drone was not aimed at Estonia,” press officer of the Estonian Read More …

Russia: Authorities intercepted shipment of explosive-laden shoe insoles rigged with explosives

The Russian Federal Security Service has intercepted a shipment of heated shoe insoles rigged with explosives, which arrived from Poland and was destined for the special military operation zone. According to the press office, a foreign national born in 1994 Read More …

Ukraine: Two law enforcement officers injured in terrorist attack in Bucha

Law enforcement officers have formally notified a 21-year-old resident of the city of Bucha in Kyiv region of suspicion in connection with committing a terrorist act. The investigation established that in March of this year, a Russian special service recruited Read More …

India: Ukrainian, US nationals accused of ‘conspiring to carry out terror activities’ using ‘drones from Europe”

In an extraordinary operation on Friday (March 13), law enforcement agencies arrested seven foreign nationals — six Ukrainian nationals and one from the United States — at three airports in the country on charges of conspiring to carry out terrorist Read More …

Ukraine: Demining Units Clear 767 Hectares in February 2026

During February 2026, the demining units of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine cleared 767 hectares of liberated territories from explosive remnants of war. According to the press service of the Main Directorate for Mine Action, Civil Protection and Environmental Read More …

Mediterranean Sea: Fire Aboard Russian LNG Carrier Near Malta

A Russian LNG carrier that has been sanctioned and operates in the shadow fleet is reported to be ablaze and drifting in the Mediterranean after one or more explosions. Official sources in Malta confirmed the fire and evacuation of the Read More …

Russia: FSB thwarts planned terrorist attack on industrial facility CEO

The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has thwarted a plotted terrorist attack on an industrial facility CEO in the Sverdlovsk Region; a Ukrainian handler remotely detonated an explosive device, killing the attacker in Yekaterinburg, the press office reported. “The Yekaterinburg Read More …