A wartime shell was discovered at a metro construction site in St. Petersburg

ST. PETERSBURG, March 4 An artillery shell from the Great Patriotic War was found during the construction of the lobby of the Putilovskaya metro station «in St. Petersburg, reported «Metrostroy of the Northern Capital».
«An unexploded artillery shell was again found at the construction site of Metrostroy of the Northern Capital. It had lain in the ground since the Great Patriotic War. Employees of JSC Metrostroy of the Northern Capital discovered a dangerous find during the construction of the future vestibule of the Putilovskaya station,» — the report says.
Work at the construction site was suspended. Metro builders promptly informed emergency services about the discovery of the projectile.

«Access to the construction site was prohibited until the ammunition was removed, the area was cordoned off,» the statement says. message.