18 thousand munitions from World War II destroyed in Southern Military District in a year

The engineering troops of the Southern Military District destroyed more than 18 thousand pieces of ammunition and explosive ordnance from World War II in 2015, the commander of the Southern Military District, Alexander Galkin, said at a solemn event dedicated to the celebration of the Defenders of the Fatherland Day.

‘’The engineering troops destroyed more than 18 thousand pieces ammunition and explosive ordnance from WWII in the Volgograd and Rostov regions, Krasnodar Territory and the Republic of Crimea," RIA Novosti quotes Galkin as saying.