2014 Vrbětice ammunition warehouse explosions
In 2014, two explosions of ammunition depots occurred in Vrbětice, Vlachovice, in the Zlín District of the Czech Republic. The first explosion occurred on 16 October, and the second on 3 December. Two people were killed in the first explosion. The cleanup of unexploded ammunition left by the blasts was finished on 13 October 2020. According to the Security Information Service and the Police of the Czech Republic, two agents from GRU Unit 29155 were involved in the explosions, with the motivation of disrupting weapons supplies to Ukraine.
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A no entry clean-up zone secured by Czech police in May 2018 | |
| Native name | Výbuchy muničních skladů ve Vrběticích |
| Location | Vrbětice, Vlachovice (Zlín District), Czech Republic |
| Date | 16 October 2014, 3 December 2014 |
| Target | Ammunition depot |
Attack type | Sabotage |
| Deaths | 2 |
| Perpetrators | GRU (suspected) |
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