Looks like a field that can be cultivated, maybe they wanted to preserve it? Or simply too close to infrastructure or civil areas? Or they removed the charge and detonated it while keeping the rest of the bomb to study it? I don't know, just guessing, would be curious to know as well

[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Pretty sure the toxic explosives were to be removed from the field. An explosion there could have poisoned the plants.

[–] LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Here's what the source says:

In Zaporizhzhia, a local farmer found a five-hundred-kilogram high-explosive FAB-500 aerial bomb in his field 💥

He immediately called the sappers of the State Emergency Service, who removed, transported and destroyed the explosive object in a specially prepared place.

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

It was still good! /s