Government Establishes Coordination Center for Combating Illegal Firearms Trafficking
Kyiv • UNN
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has established a coordination center for combating illicit trafficking in firearms, their parts, components and ammunition, which in 2023 seized more than 5,500 firearms and 2 million rounds of ammunition from citizens.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has established a coordination center for combating illicit trafficking in firearms, their parts and components, and ammunition. This was announced by the permanent representative of the Cabinet of Ministers in the Verkhovna Rada Taras Melnychuk, UNN reports .
The Coordination Center for Combating Illicit Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components, and Ammunition was established. The Regulation on the Coordination Center and its members were approved
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Director of the Department of Informatization of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Serhiy Sumsky reported that this year 355 thousand applications have already been submitted to the Unified Register of Weapons, 337 thousand of which have been processed and issued. In general, the number of people who want to obtain a permit to purchase or store weapons is increasing.
Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko reported that in all of 2023, law enforcement officers seized about5,500 firearmsand 2 million rounds of ammunition from citizens.
