A Ukrainian citizen allegedly working for Russian intelligence services as part of a sabotage campaign was detained in Poland, while two others were arrested in Romania, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Prosecutors said the individuals acting on behalf of the Russian intelligence services were allegedly preparing acts of sabotage involving the sending of shipments containing explosives and incendiary materials to Ukraine, which were intended to spontaneously combust or explode during transport.
Read more…
Source: AP News
Sign up for the Counter-IED Report Newsletters
The latest news and insights delivered right to your inbox
Related:
- First case of Clade 1b mpox strain confirmed in the UK
October 30, 2024
The first case of a new, more dangerous strain of mpox has been found in Britain, the UK Health Security Agency has said. The patient, who had recently returned from Africa, has been transferred to a high-level isolation unit at the Royal Free Hospital in North London, the same facility where imported cases of Ebola were ...
- UK: Southport ‘attacker’ charged with having al-Qaeda manual and making ricin
October 30, 2024
The teenager accused of carrying out the Southport attack has been charged with possessing al-Qaeda material and producing ricin. Axel Rudakubana, accused of the knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in July, is alleged to have made ricin – a biological toxin – and kept materials related to the terrorist group. Police said the ...
- UK: Controlled explosion on suspect device in Clydebank
October 29, 2024
An item believed to be a bomb exploding in Clydebank has been captured on video by a nearby resident. A “suspect item” was found in Overtoun Court – a high-rise block of flats – in Dalmuir on the afternoon of Monday, October 28. EOD personnel attended and carried out a controlled explosion on the device last ...
- Ireland: Improvised explosive devices seized in Northern Dublin as man arrested
October 28, 2024
Improvised explosive devices were seized in North Dublin on Monday as one man was arrested. As part of ongoing investigations targeting organised criminal activity in North Dublin, Gardaí arrested a man and seized several improvised explosive devices on Monday morning. At approximately 10.30am, Gardaí attached to Coolock Garda Station, assisted by the Armed Support Unit, carried out ...
- UK: Controlled detonation carried out on Guernsey’s south coast
October 26, 2024
Part of a roll bomb found on Guernsey’s south coast was detonated on Saturday morning. The ordnance was discovered at the base of a cliff in Saint’s Bay by a fisherman who reported to Guernsey Police on Friday. Police said the ordnance was “only partially intact” and they had expected it to be “far less powerful” ...
- From a supported country to a Global Leader in Mine Action: Cambodia’s Goal of a World Free of Landmines
October 25, 2024
Over the 20 years of the Vietnam War and the subsequent conflict, approximately 2.75 million tons of bombs were dropped on Cambodia, and an estimated 4 to 6 million landmines were buried. Following the 1991 Paris Peace Agreement, the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) was established by the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) to ...
- UK: Second unexploded bomb found in Bootle
October 24, 2024
An unexploded bomb has been found at a construction site in Merseyside. The device was discovered on North Atlantic Avenue in Bootle, the same street in which an unexploded World War Two bomb was unearthed on Tuesday. Merseyside Police said it had a report of “unexploded ordnance” on a building site at about 11:45 BST. The ...
- Turkish aerospace facility targeted in terror attack in Ankara
October 23, 2024
“A terrorist attack was carried out against the Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. (TAI) Ankara Kahramankazan facilities,” Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said in a statement. “Unfortunately, we have martyrs and wounded people after the attack.” The minister did not provide specific casualty figures but promised to keep the public informed about developments, urging reliance on official sources ...
- Netherlands: Police probe blast outside law firm offices in The Hague
October 23, 2024
Police are investigating an explosion outside a building housing several law firms in The Hague. No one was injured in the blast but there was some damage to the building. The explosion took place around 10 pm on the Laan van Meerdervoort and the police have appealed for witnesses. Nine days ago there was a firebomb ...
- UK: Unexploded WW2 bomb detonated on beach
October 23, 2024
An unexploded World War Two bomb found in a Merseyside town has been taken to a nearby beach and detonated. Footage of the explosion, captured by the news site Eye On Southport, showed an Explosive Ordinance Disposal Team (EODI) destroying the device they had transported from Bootle to Ainsdale Beach, in Southport. Police cordoned off the ...
- Ukraine: ZNPP employee suspected of assassination attempt on IAEA officials
October 23, 2024
Sergey Potynga, an engineer at the thermal instrumentation and control shop of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), has been accused of attempting to assassinate employees of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) under the orders of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR), law enforcement agencies told TASS. “An unidentified employee of the Ukrainian ...
- Estonian deminers find over 700 explosives in Latvia
October 22, 2024
Estonian bomb disposal experts found 728 explosive devices during a two-week international training exercise in Latvia. The eight-member team searched an area of around 9,000 square meters in Cekule, close to Riga, where ammunition depots were formally located. “Rescue Board bomb disposal experts have participated in this joint exercise since 2017, contributing to the safety of ...
- Türkiye confirms death of FETO terror group’s ringleader Fetullah Gulen
October 21, 2024
Turkish intelligence has confirmed the death of FETO terror group’s ringleader Fetullah Gulen, Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Monday. Gulen had been living in the US state of Pennsylvania. Turkish leaders had long sought his extradition, but US judicial officials did not approve it. He orchestrated the defeated coup of July 15, 2016 in ...
- Czech police aid in demining efforts in Bosnia and Herzegovina
October 19, 2024
Nine Czech police bomb disposal experts recently participated in demining operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina. During the mission, which took place from Sept. 21 to Oct. 5, 2024, the Czech team assisted in clearing the former Žunovnica ammunition depot near Sarajevo. Together with their Bosnian colleagues, they managed to remove a total of 70 pieces of ...
- IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 255
October 18, 2024
Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) stationed at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) are reporting daily military activity in the vicinity, with some explosions occurring close to the facility. This ongoing situation underscores the persistent threat faced by the nuclear power plant, which remains at the heart of an active war zone, IAEA ...