The State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES) bomb disposal experts have defused a 250 kg high-explosive air bomb that fell on the grounds of a household in Kostiantynivka,
“A 250 kg high-explosive air bomb was removed by SES bomb disposal experts from a household in the city of Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast. Fortunately, the ordnance did not detonate and no one was injured.” Reportedly, bomb disposal experts transported the air bomb to a detonation site and defused it.
Read more…
Source: Ukrainska Pravda News
Related:
- Russia: Drone downed at Kursk-II Nuclear Power Plant construction site
October 1, 2025
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 of which are now closed) with four new units with VVER-TOI reactors. Units 1&2 are already ...
- Ukraine: Demining units of the Security and Defence Forces have neutralized over 1 million explosive devices
September 30, 2025
Since the onset of the full-scale war, demining specialists of the Security and Defence Forces have neutralized more than 1 million explosive devices. As reported by the Main Directorate for Mine Action, Civil Protection and Environmental Safety, nearly 6,500 km² of land have been surveyed, and inspections have been carried out on 9,691 km of roads, ...
- Ukrainian forces destroyed airborne Russian Mi-8 helicopter with FPV drone
September 29, 2025
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 Mi-28 helicopter was destroyed by operators of the 59th Brigade of the Unmanned Systems Forces using ...
- Ukraine: Interior Ministry introducing innovative approach that almost halves mine clearance time
September 20, 2025
The Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs is implementing an innovative approach to mine clearance that will nearly halve the time it takes to clear areas, combining the use of technology with the professionalism of demining units, the head of the ministry, Ihor Klymenko, announced on Friday. “First, mechanized mine-clearing vehicles create special rectangular passages. Then, sappers ...
- Polish missile likely destroyed house amid Russian drone incursion
September 18, 2025
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 a direct threat were shot down that night. In an interview with private broadcaster TVN 24 ...
- IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 314
September 16, 2025
The IAEA team based at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) reported hearing shelling close to the site today and saw black smoke rising from three locations nearby, in the latest incident highlighting continuous nuclear safety risks during the military conflict, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said. The team was informed by the ZNPP that multiple ...
- Republic of Georgia: State Security Service blames Ukraine for bringing explosives into Georgia
September 12, 2025
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, the SSSG announced that a Ukrainian citizen attempted to smuggle 2.4 kilograms of the explosive substance ...
- Poland downs Russian drones, first time NATO member has fired in Ukraine war
September 10, 2025
Poland shot down drones that entered its airspace on Wednesday, the first time a member of NATO is known to have fired shots during Russia’s war in Ukraine. Poland said 19 objects had entered its airspace during a large Russian air attack on Ukraine, and that it had shot down those that posed a threat. Prime ...
- Ukraine: Without structural reform of mine action system, clearing farmland will take decades
September 8, 2025
About a quarter of Ukraine’s territory – over 13.9 million hectares – has been affected by hostilities, of which 9.85 million hectares of farmland in 10 regions remain inaccessible for use, said Nina Yuzhanina, a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy, referring to the results of an audit by ...
- Colombia: Drones, Fear, and a Buzz That Kills
September 1, 2025
On a flickering surveillance monitor, two men watch as a speck in the sky releases its payload—homemade, crude, and lethal. Below, civilians scatter before the explosion blooms. This isn’t footage from Ukraine or Gaza. This is Colombia. Armed groups have discovered drones. What began as a trickle of reports has become a steady stream of terror. ...
- Ukraine: In August, units of the Ministry of Defence cleared nearly 6,000 hectares of de-occupied territory
September 1, 2025
Throughout August 2025, mine clearance units of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine cleared 5,973 hectares of de-occupied land of explosive hazards. Specifically, during the month, the following was cleared: 5,653.77 hectares of agricultural land; 7.64 km of roadways; 15.09 km of electric power lines; 66.94 km of railways; 9.74 hectares of water bodies. Throughout the ...
- Estonia: Suspected Ukrainian combat drone parts found in Tartu County field
August 26, 2025
Parts of a suspected Ukrainian combat drone were found in a field on Monday after crashing in Estonian territory on Sunday morning, the Internal Security Service (ISS/KAPO) said. Pieces of the drone were found in a farmer’s field in Elva parish, Tartu County at around 3 p.m. on Monday, ISS Director General Margo Palloson said at ...
- Italy: Suspect Is Arrested in Sabotage of Pipelines Between Russia and Germany
August 21, 2025
Italian police have arrested a Ukrainian national who German investigators believe coordinated the undersea bombing in 2022 of two gas pipelines that directly linked Russia to Germany, the German authorities said on Thursday. It was the first arrest in the act of sabotage that occurred as the war in Ukraine raged, a technically sophisticated attack that ...
- Russia: Authorities foiled terrorist attack on Crimean Bridge
August 18, 2025
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) thwarted a terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge planned by Ukrainian special services, the FSB Public Relations Center reported. Officers of Russia’s Federal Security Service traced a Chevrolet Volt with a powerful improvised explosive device inside, and the bomb was defused. The car arrived in Russia from Ukraine via a number ...
- UNODC: Organized crime dynamics in the context of war in Ukraine
August 18, 2025
Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation in February 2022, the political economy of Ukraine has been profoundly transformed. The aggression affected both licit and illicit trade routes, disrupted criminal organizations, and spawned new forms of informal and illicit exchange at the frontline and in the rear of the country. It has ...
- Ukraine: Unexploded aerial bomb found during agricultural work destroyed in Kharkiv region
August 9, 2025
Pyrotechnicians from the State Emergency Service destroyed an unexploded aerial bomb that farmers found while working near Kupiansk in the Kharkiv region. According to Ukrinform, the Interregional Center for Humanitarian Demining and Rapid Response reported this on Facebook. “Agricultural work during martial law requires special attention to safety! Near Kupiansk, while mowing grass, farmers discovered an ...
- Ukraine’s Invasion of Russia Could Bring a Quicker End to the War
August 9, 2025
In the space of four days, the Russia-Ukraine war has dramatically shifted. The incursion of Ukrainian forces into Russia’s Kursk region has quickly turned into the largest territorial gain by either side since the successful Ukrainian counteroffensives in Kharkiv and Kherson in the fall of 2022. As of this writing, it is still unclear whether thinned-out ...
- Ukraine: Two teenagers arrested for deadly terrorist attack in Zhytomyr
August 7, 2025
Ukrainian security forces have arrested two 17-year-olds — a boy and a girl — in connection with a terrorist attack in Zhytomyr that killed one man and seriously injured another. The investigation revealed that the teenagers — a local vocational student and her peer — were recruited by Russian intelligence after seeking easy money via Telegram ...
- Ukraine to resume shipping through canal where dredger exploded
August 5, 2025
Ukraine will resume shipping through the Bystre canal in Odesa Oblast effective 6 August, allowing the passage of vessels with a draught of up to 4.5 metres. Ukrainian media outlet AgroWeek Quote: “The Bystre canal was temporarily closed to shipping after a dredger exploded near the town of Vylkove on 23 July. Following this, ...
- Ukrainian sappers to train at Middle East mine action school with funding from Paris
August 4, 2025
Ukraine will take another step toward the safe de-occupation and clearing of war remnants. On 4 August, Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense announced that sappers from the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the State Special Transport Service will be trained at the Regional School for Humanitarian Demining at the Lebanese Mine Action Center. The program will be funded ...
- Ukraine: Over 5,000 hectares cleared of explosives in de-occupied territories in July
August 3, 2025
In July, demining units of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense cleared 5,136 hectares of territory liberated from Russian occupation. This information was provided by the Main Department of Mine Action, Civil Protection, and Environmental Safety on Telegram, as reported by Ukrinform. The cleared areas included 4,850.46 hectares of agricultural land, 10.06 kilometers of highways, 0.6 kilometers of ...
- IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 307
August 2, 2025
The IAEA team at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) heard explosions and saw smoke coming from a nearby location where the plant said one of its auxiliary facilities was attacked today, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said. The IAEA team was informed by the ZNPP that the facility was struck by shelling and drones from ...