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The scene is by now all too familiar for those acquainted with coverage of modern war. A bird’s-eye view frames two figures ambling about below, then charts the path of an improvised explosive charge as it tumbles down, impacting with Read More …
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has detained two Russian agents who detonated an improvised explosive device under a prosecutor’s car in the city of Dnipro on 6 June 2025. The SSU reported that the agents were recruited by Russia Read More …
A car explosion in the Berezivka district of the Odesa region has killed one person. That is according to the Odesa region police, Ukrinform reports. “Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a car explosion in the Berezivka district,” the statement Read More …
The IAEA team based at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) today heard repeated rounds of gunfire that appeared to be aimed at drones reportedly attacking the site’s training centre, followed by the sound of multiple explosions, Director General Rafael Read More …
Containers with ammunition and weapons were found in a Polish village near the Ukrainian border, possibly stocks of a private company meant for delivery to Ukraine, Polish authorities said on Wednesday. Private broadcaster TV Republika had earlier reported that eight Read More …
This training is part of the European support mission EUMAM UA. The objective is to prepare medical personnel for casualty care under CBRN conditions. The training is conducted under German responsibility at a secure site in southern Germany. Target groups Read More …
Ukraine’s SBU security service has said it has hit the road and rail bridge linking Russia and Ukraine’s annexed Crimean peninsula below the water level with explosives, in its third attack on the key supply line for Russian forces in Read More …
Two bridges collapsed in separate Russian regions bordering Ukraine on Saturday night, killing seven people and injuring dozens, with Russian officials alleging the bridges had been deliberately blown up. The first bridge collapsed late Saturday in the Bryansk region, crashing Read More …
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ukraine has handed over 16 hi-tech uncrewed underwater systems (UUS) to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SESU) and conducted an 8-day training course for SESU specialists on their use. This support was Read More …
The international community has established a number of funds and initiatives for the procurement of materiel and equipment to strengthen Ukraine’s defence capability. Sweden provides support to several of them. On 22 May, the Government instructed the Swedish Armed Forces Read More …
Venezuela has suspended flights from neighbouring Colombia after authorities detained more than 30 people allegedly plotting activities to destabilise the country before Sunday’s parliamentary election. Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello announced on state television on Monday that the flight ban Read More …
Seventeen representatives from Ukraine’s demining agencies underwent a two-and-a-half month training to obtain an international qualification in explosive ordnance disposal. Organized by the OSCE Support Programme for Ukraine with support from the European Union, the training programme concluded on 18 Read More …
A third man was arrested Monday for a series of fires that targeted property linked to U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, police said. The unnamed 34-year-old was arrested in Chelsea, west London, on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with Read More …
Taiwan will provide US$2 million to an international mine action fund for Ukraine. In a statement, the Lithuanian Ministry of Defence said the Taiwanese mission in Vilnius had expressed its intention to contribute US$2 million to Lithuania’s ongoing demining efforts Read More …
A bomb disposal expert from the Isle of Man has died, following severe injuries while dismantling an improvised explosive device. Chris Garrett, from Peel, had dedicated years to clearing landmines in Ukraine, and stepped up to volunteer after the Russian Read More …
In Mykolaiv region, demining operators are using an industrial drone system equipped with a modern magnetometer to detect explosive ordnance. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense, according to Ukrinform. The ministry reminds that southern Ukraine is one of Read More …
The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) posted a video on Tuesday of a new domestically produced anti-tank landmine which they have designated as the TM-2025. It appears to be a modernized and updated version of the TM-62, which was available Read More …
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained three agents of Ukraine’s special services who were plotting to assassinate a serviceman taking part in the special military operation, the FSB press office reported. “In Khanty-Mansiysk Region, the FSB has thwarted the Read More …
In Dnipropetrovsk region, the Security Service of Ukraine, with the assistance of the Ministry of Defense, detained the CEO of a defense plant and his first deputy, who are belived to have supplied the Armed Forces with a batch of Read More …
Mey, a Belgian shepherd, and her trainer Kenan Muftic learned how to effectively detect mines and unexploded ordnance last week, negotiating various obstacles and scenarios in a grass field in Sarajevo’s suburb of Butmir. Since its establishment in 2004, the Read More …