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 Representatives of the Zhytomyr regional branch of Right Sector have voluntarily surrendered 21 boxes of Molotov cocktails to the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). 

The SBU press center reports that on Saturday evening in the framework of implementing “provisions of the Geneva agreements related to voluntary disarmament and as a result of a set of preventive measures taken by law enforcers representatives of the Right Sector in Zhytomyr region agreed to surrender 21 boxes with bottles [Molotov cocktails] and two 50-liter barrels with incendiary oil to the regional department of the Security Service of Ukraine.”

The surrender was witnessed by public representatives and activists.

“The step is a consequence of mutual realization of the need to deescalate tension in society, of the importance of the observance of the provisions of the Geneva agreements and the common stance coordinated with law enforcement and special authorities of the region concerning the protection of the national state and territorial integrity of Ukraine in conditions of an outside threat,” the press service said.