A 250 kg shell was found in the river near Orsha
Around noon on June 12, Orsha rescuers received a report from the duty officer of the Barani police department about the discovery of a WWII shell in the Adrov River near the village of Zabolotye, Zabolotsky rural council, Orsha district.
The munition was discovered by a local rescue station chief during underwater diving. The WWII FAB-250 shell, weighing 250 kg and without a fuse, was located in the Adrov River 5 meters from the bank at a depth of 1.5 meters.
The distance to residential buildings is 400 meters. No evacuation of local residents was carried out.
The Orsha District Department of Internal Affairs took measures to secure the discovery site; demining was carried out by military unit No. 52287 from the city of Vitebsk. Divers-sappers extracted the shell from the Adrov River and transported it for further disposal.