Explosives technicians from Ukraine’s National Police have neutralized an unexploded warhead from a Russian Kh-101 missile in the southwestern Chernivtsi region. Law enforcement officers discovered the unexploded warhead of the missile outside a populated area in the Dnistrovskyi district.
Bomb disposal experts transported the warhead to a remote location, away from any settlements, and safely destroyed it using a dummy explosive charge.
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Source: Ukrinform News
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