BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Three months after kickstarting a bulk ammunition purchase for Ukraine, Czech officials share divergent assessments of how it’s going. “The Czech-led initiative to fund and procure urgently artillery ammo for Ukraine is progressing steadily – the first 180,000 shells have been contracted and should arrive by June,” František Šulc, the first Deputy […]
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL)—The Holston Army Ammunition Plant (HSAAP) held a community meeting on Wednesday to provide more information about the plant and its associated environmental efforts. HSAAP is a government-owned installation that is managed by British Aerospace Electronics (BAE) Systems, which is responsible for the daily operation, maintenance, and upkeep of the facilities. The HSAAP […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A residential 2-alarm house fire in Northeast Portland created a greater-than-normal danger for firefighters as ammunition from inside the house began firing. The fire in the 300 block of NE 136th broke out around 8 p.m., Portland Fire & Rescue said on X. Crews arrived and found heavy fire moving from […]
An Oklahoma man faces up to 12 years in prison on a Caribbean island after customs officials found ammunition in his luggage. Ryan Watson traveled to Turks and Caicos with his wife, Valerie, to celebrate his 40th birthday on April 7. They went with two friends who also turned 40. The vacation came to an […]
Latvia is to provide Ukraine with further military aid for its defence against Russia, as Prime Minister Evika Siliņa announced a new aid package following a meeting with her Ukrainian counterpart Denys Shmyhal. Equipment and technical resources from the army of the Baltic EU and NATO country are to be handed over in April, she […]
A Des Moines man found shot to death in October 2021 was murdered by the man he was meeting to purchase drugs, a Polk County jury found Friday. Kalvyn Kline, 21, was killed early Oct. 22, 2021. Police responding to reports of gunshots outside a Hull Avenue apartment building found him slumped behind the wheel […]
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The father of a Michigan school shooter told police shortly after the fatal attack that a gun and ammunition used by his son had been hidden at the family’s home, according to a video seen by jurors Friday. James and Jennifer Crumbley were interviewed in a small room at a sheriff’s […]
Mar. 7—Three members of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension who responded after the deadly shooting south of Albert Lea in August 2022 testified Wednesday about the three types of ammunition they found and documented outside of the residence on 160th Street during their collection of evidence. Special agent Craig Martin worked in the role […]
Mar. 7—Three members of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension who responded after the deadly shooting south of Albert Lea in August 2022 testified Wednesday about the three types of spent ammunition they found and documented outside of the residence on 160th Street during their collection of evidence. Special agent Craig Martin worked in the […]
Germany will support the Czech initiative to procure hundreds of thousands of artillery shells for Ukraine with a three-digit million sum, government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said in Berlin on Wednesday. Hebestreit said that the German government has been in very intensive talks with Prague about this for some time, adding that “a three-digit million sum […]
By Anthony Deutsch and Jan Lopatka STERNBERK, Czech Republic (Reuters) – Hundreds of Czechs and a handful of Ukrainians are working round the clock in eastern Czech Republic to transform a collection of buildings dating back to World War Two into a hub for supplying arms and ammunition to Ukraine. The initiative is part of […]
(Bloomberg) — French President Emmanuel Macron threw his support behind a Czech plan to deliver hundreds of thousands of artillery shells to Ukraine from countries outside the European Union to help it force back Russian advances. Most Read from Bloomberg France will take part in the initiative, Macron said, without offering financial details, adding that […]