Taken From Ukraine’s War Zone, Grenades Are Used in Crimes, Too

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Taken From Ukraine’s War Zone, Grenades Are Used in Crimes, Too
Now, it is very easy to purchase weapons from people who visit the war zone." The police are seizing an ever-growing number of explosive devices, even in areas far from the fighting, Small Arms Survey, a group
that monitors the distribution of weapons globally, said in a report released in the spring.
Bohdan Petrenko said that A grenade is consumable: It means that a soldier can claim that it exploded, but easily hide it instead,
After nearly four years of war with Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, the spread of weapons
stolen from the army has led to an increase in gun violence unusual for a European country.
Supported by By Iuliia Mendel KIEV, Ukraine — The murder trial in Nikopol, a town in eastern Ukraine, was entangled in bureaucratic delays
that were clearly angering a father of one of the victims.
Most hand grenade crimes take place in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, a frequently
lawless area where the Ukrainian Army is fighting Russia-backed separatists.
Anna Maliar said that This is the consequence of the enormous
and uncontrolled circulation of military weapons on the territory of Ukraine after the beginning of hostilities,