Fire and explosion at arms factory in Karnobat, Bulgaria, July 2022
Reportedon one origin only: 1 distinct origin, 1 tied to no party.
The dataset records a fire and explosion at an arms factory in Karnobat, Bulgaria, and codes it as sabotage. It codes the incident as sabotage, apparent goal disrupt (military) aid to Ukraine, target military / weapons production infrastructure, location Bulgaria; the dataset dates it only to July 2022, so the date shown is the first of the month. The Leiden dataset includes incidents linked to Russia by officials, incidents fitting a pattern of officially suspected attacks, or incidents backed by journalistic evidence, and its authors call the data speculative and subject to change.
- When
- 1 July 2022
- Where
- Karnobat, Bulgaria
- What
- sabotage
- Acting party
- Government of Russia
- Attribution
- Attributed by independent sources. Listed as a Russian operation in the Leiden University Russian Operations Against Europe dataset; the dataset and the source it cites link the incident to Russia.
- In the record
- Published 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC · revision 1 · leiden
Sources
- Evidence Leiden University, Russian Operations Against Europe dataset
- Evidence Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Bulgarian service
History
| When | Field | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC | status | null | reported | P1 leiden: researched from cited sources and graded by the one rule |
Cite or reuse
The War Record, "Fire and explosion at arms factory in Karnobat, Bulgaria, July 2022", ev-20261027-53p4, revision 1, https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261027-53p4/