Unexploded WWII bomb found in Russian Kremlin
August 16, 2019
Russian officials said they had defused a WWII bomb in the Kremlin, which they believe lay undetected in a cellar since 1941.
The Moscow palace was under reconstruction when workers found the bomb on Thursday, state media revealed.
The Kremlin's chief commander, Sergey Khlebnikov, told the news agency Ria Novosti they had taken every necessary measure to "ensure the Kremlin's security."
70 years undetected
Nazi troops bombed the palace in the Second World War as they advanced on Moscow in late 1941. Hundreds of Moscow civilians were killed as the Wehrmacht attacked the city.
The Soviet victory at Moscow was the first significant victory against the Nazis, and began their retreat back towards Berlin.
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The Kremlin sits in the famous Red Square in the center of Moscow, and has been named a UNESCO World Heritage site. It is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Russia, as the former seat of the Russian Tsars and then the Soviet Union leaders.
jns/rc (AFP,dpa)
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