World War II torpedo found in Ukraine

By IANS/RIA Novosti,

Kiev : A World War II-era torpedo – containing 600 kg of explosive – was found off Ukraine’s Crimean port of Sevastopol, officials said.

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The weapon was found about two km from the shoreline, in the first such discovery since the end of the war in 1945, a city government source said.

Sevastopol saw fierce fighting between Soviet and Axis forces during World War II and the waters around it were littered with munitions.