This year, 355 thousand applications have already been submitted to the Unified Register of weapons, 337 thousand of them have been processed and appropriate permits have been granted. In general, the number of people who want to get permission to purchase or store weapons is increasing. This was stated on the air of the telethon by the Department of informatization of the Ministry of internal affairs of Ukraine Sergey Sumsky, reports UNN.
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The Unified Register of weapons has been operating for about a year. We can state that this is positive for the registration and turnover of weapons in the country, has strengthened control over these processes and the number of appeals to this register, the number of registered owners of such weapons is increasing and these processes are becoming more controlled. It was the principled position of the Ministry of internal affairs and Minister Ihor Klymenko personally to digitalize these processes as soon as possible in order to reduce the corruption risks that may accompany the registration of weapons and control over their turnover. And make this service more accessible
He added that 355 thousand applications for permits were submitted this year.
Already 337 thousand of these applications have been processed and appropriate permits have been granted for certain actions with weapons
He noted that the Ministry of internal affairs conducted an information campaign that helped popularize the Unified Register of weapons and explain its convenience and advantages: they introduced the ERZ contact center, which works via telephone, a Telegram bot and a chat bot on the site. About 25,000 requests were received through these channels, and assistance and explanations are provided through them.
In general, the number of people who want to get permission to purchase or store weapons is increasing. We see that last year 60 thousand applications were received in 5 months, then for the corresponding period of this year - 144 thousand. Now we see an increase in the number of online submission of documents
Recall
In June 2023 , the Unified Register of weapons was launched in Ukraine , which was presented by the Ministry of internal affairs in February 2022.