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Ukraine’s National Police and the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) have busted the international weapon supply channel in this country, with the weapons, explosives and spare parts coming from abroad. Viktor Kononenko, the Deputy Head of the State Security Service said that at a briefing in Kyiv.

‘On April 18, the Service and the National Police ceased the activity of a criminal gang, which used the aid of foreign assistance to illegally bring firearms to Ukraine. The investigation found out that a resident of Kyiv set the supply channel, receiving spare parts for handguns and assault rifles from the U.S. and Europe’, he said.

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