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The Russian news agency RIA Novosti released a video showing a Ukrainian anti-tank mine disguised as a tree—an innovative and unusual tactic in the ongoing conflict. The recorded mine has sparked interest among experts and on social media, raising questions Read More …
Over 137,000 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory are potentially contaminated with explosive ordnance. In such a heavily mine-contaminated environment, Ukraine can no longer treat demining as a narrowly technical or purely security-related task. Today, it is a fundamental pillar of Read More …
Russia’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday that it has evidence that Ukraine has repeatedly used anti-personnel mines which have injured civilians and so Kyiv’s exit from the Ottawa Convention would have no impact on the battlefield. Ukraine last month announced Read More …
Lithuania and Finland look set to start domestic production of anti-personnel landmines next year to supply themselves and Ukraine because of what they see as the military threat from Russia, officials from the two NATO member states told Reuters. The Read More …
For the third year in a row, the U.S. and partner nations, including Ukraine, have their eyes on the Black Sea’s future and how to deal with the thousands of mines in the region. The Black Sea is currently closed Read More …
Gardaí are investigating if a “viable” bomb found near a Russian-owned alumina refinery in Limerick last Friday had been a direct reaction to Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine. On Friday afternoon a bomb was discovered attached to a fuel tank Read More …
In the Sumy region, explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) specialists destroyed the warhead of a Russian drone equipped with fragmentation mines. The Sumy Regional Police reported this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform. “One of the attack drones used by the enemy Read More …
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has classified the July 5 car explosion in Odesa’s Kyivskyi district as an attempted terrorist attack. According to the SBU’s regional office in Odesa, the blast occurred in the morning on Varnenska Street, when Read More …
Former head of Lugansk Manolis Pilavov has been killed by an explosion in the center of the city. Investigators classified the explosion as a terrorist attack. According to preliminary data, the explosion was caused by a female suicide bomber, the Read More …
Ukraine has decided to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel landmines. Ukrainian manufacturers are already preparing to launch domestic production, Media Center Ukraine reports, citing Fedir Venislavskyi, Representative of the President of Ukraine to the Verkhovna Rada, Member of Read More …
As Ukraine faces complex security challenges amid ongoing conflict and external aggression, the risk of incidents involving chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) materials has intensified. Accidental releases, sabotage, or the intentional use of hazardous substances require not only a Read More …
From January to June 2025, mine clearance units of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine cleared 41,243 hectares of land of explosive ordnance in areas previously liberated from russian occupation. This is nearly half the area of Kyiv or more Read More …
The IAEA team based at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has been informed of a drone attack that damaged several vehicles near the site’s cooling pond last week, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today. Visiting near one of Read More …
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday he had signed a decree to pull Ukraine out of the Ottawa Convention banning the production and use of anti-personnel mines as a necessary step in view of Russian tactics in their 40-month-old war. Read More …
Italy has announced a new significant contribution to Ukraine’s humanitarian demining efforts, formalized today through the official signing of a EUR 1.5 million agreement with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ukraine. The agreement, the principle beneficiary of which Read More …
Demining agricultural lands in Ukraine contaminated with explosive devices could cost nearly ₴1 trillion (about $25 billion), MP Nina Yuzhanina wrote on Telegram on June 14. “Economy Ministry data indicated that 30 auctions for demining agricultural lands totaling 5,370 hectares Read More …
Almost UAH 1 trillion will be required to clear lands contaminated with explosive devices in Ukraine, MP Nina Yuzhanina reported on Telegram. ” According to the Ministry of Economy, 30 auctions have been held since the beginning of 2025 to Read More …
Aid flows to Ukraine shifted significantly in March and April 2025. While the United States allocated no new aid during this period, European countries increased their support. As a result, Europe has, for the first time since June 2022, surpassed Read More …
The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine has reported that the scale of humanitarian mine clearance in Ukraine has increased by almost 50% over the past year. A total of 108 mine action operators have been certified, working to clear areas Read More …
Russian forces operating near the border with Ukraine have encountered a new challenge in the ongoing conflict: 3D-printed antipersonnel mines deployed by Ukrainian troops in Russia’s Kursk region. These improvised explosive devices, described as small, lightweight, and disguised to blend Read More …