On the morning of July 18 in Irkutsk, a janitor found an object resembling an anti tank mine in bushes, after which police, bomb disposal experts, and additional units arrived. The area was cordoned off, and residents of nearby houses were evacuated until specialists determined the find was a training mine U TM 62 and posed no danger.
On Wednesday morning, July 18, Irkutsk police received a report that an object resembling an anti-tank mine had been found at 2a Novokshonova Street in the Sverdlovsky District of Irkutsk.The strange object was discovered by a janitor: while sweeping the area, he saw it in the bushes and called the police.
The police who arrived at the scene confirmed that the found object could indeed be explosive. An investigative team, additional patrol units, as well as explosive ordnance engineers from the nearest military unit were called to the scene. The area was cordoned off, and residents of nearby houses were evacuated.
After examining the find, specialists determined that the object was a training anti-tank mine U-TM-62 and posed no danger.
Based on materials from the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the Irkutsk Region