Sappers of the Baltic Fleet neutralized more than 500 WWII munitions

In the Kaliningrad region, specialists from the demining groups of the separate marine engineering regiment of the Baltic Fleet defused more than 500 munitions from the Great Patriotic War (WWII). This was announced on October 15 by the press service of the Baltic Fleet.

"Explosive objects were disposed of at one of the landfills in the Kaliningrad region by detonation using TNT sticks," the department said.

The ammunition found and defused includes cartridges, artillery shells, faust cartridges, as well as mortar and naval mines.

It is noted that in the areas where the East Prussian offensive operation was conducted during the war years, mine clearance continues to this day, and is carried out almost daily. At the same time, the number of unexploded ordnance detections has traditionally increased in the spring and summer period. Most explosive objects are found during construction work, usually associated with digging trenches and excavation pits.

"In addition, military engineers of the Baltic Fleet are disposing of ammunition that specialists of the combined detachment of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations in the Kaliningrad region picked up from a self—propelled dry cargo barge that sank during the Great Patriotic War in the outer raid of the port of Baltiysk in the Kaliningrad region, where the main base of the Baltic Fleet is located," the statement said.

In total, since the beginning of 2025, the sappers of the Baltic Fleet have destroyed more than 60 thousand explosive objects.

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