Servicemen with the 39th Diver Center neutralized on Wednesday, around 2:00 p.m., the maritime mine stranded on the beach in front of the Midia firing range, the Ministry of National Defense (MapN) announced.

According to the cited source, the mine was discovered on the beach in front of the range around 10:00 a.m., and specific procedures were put in place to secure the area and prepare the intervention.

Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the Romanian Naval Forces have neutralized eight of the 149 sea mines discovered in the Black Sea basin, informs the MApN. AGERPRES(