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Grenade launchers, vending machines and explosives: in Ukraine 7 people sold the "trophy" weapons of Russians (photo)

The suspects as volunteers were in the field of former fighting, exported weapons from there and sold it, they told the SBU. The Security Service and the National Police have prevented the sale of trophy weapons and ammunition in four regions of Ukraine. Law enforcement agencies detained 7 people who tried to trade the "trophy" weapons of the Russians. This was reported by the SBU.

The department noted that during complex events in the Dnieper, as well as in the Transcarpathian, Ternopil and Zhytomyr regions, 7 underground arms were detained. Among the defendants are Russian grenade launchers "Bumblebee", Kalashnikov machines and more than 3 kg of explosives. In particular, in the Zhytomyr region, three residents of Korosten were exposed on illegal arms, who were previously criminally liable for theft.

A local entrepreneur was detained in the Dnieper, who illegally exported a trophy weapon from the areas of the former battles on the Eastern Front to sell illegally. In the Ternopil region two deals were exposed. They offered a trophy weapon through specialized online forums, and then sent it to "customers" as "auto parts". In Transcarpathia, a 50-year-old resident of Beregovo was detained on Hot, who tried to sell automatic weapons, grenades and a large batch of TNT underground.

All this attacker was hidden in an underground host, which he arranged in the woods near his private house. The persons involved were in the places of the former combatants as "volunteers" and exported weapons from there. They then sold the armaments found through personal criminal ties. Everyone has already reported suspicion under Part 1 of Art. 263 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (illegal handling of weapons, combat supplies or explosives.