Update 2026-07-09: According to the latest reports on Thursday (9 July), a World War II bomb disposal operation is scheduled in Cottbus, Brandenburg, requiring the temporary closure of Cottbus Main Station from midday. Authorities ordered residents and businesses within the exclusion zone to evacuate by 11 am (local time), while rail services will be suspended during the operation as bomb disposal teams defuse a 250-kilogram unexploded aerial bomb discovered at a railway construction site.

