Fire and explosion at arms factory in Karnobat, Bulgaria, March 2023
Reportedon one origin only: 1 distinct origin, 1 tied to no party.
The dataset records a second fire and explosion at an arms factory in Karnobat, Bulgaria; Politico Europe reported that Bulgaria's economy minister hinted at a Russian attack. 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 March 2023, 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 March 2023
- 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 Politico Europe
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, March 2023", ev-20261027-8ktq, revision 1, https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261027-8ktq/