A bomb squad from the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry destroyed two Ukrainian air bombs in the Kursk Region, said Artyom Sharov, a ministry spokesman.
“Bomb squad technicians from the Emergency Situations Ministry defused and destroyed two demolition bombs, a FAB-500 and a FAB-250, on the territory of one of the districts of the region,” he said. Also, 20 more explosive objects were neutralized on the territory adjacent to a settlement, according to the spokesman.
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Source: TASS News
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