The flow of illegal arms in Kiev has increased recently in dozens or even hundreds of times, said the head of the Kyiv police Tereshchuk. "Today in Kiev very many weapons. Illicit trafficking in the city has increased in recent times not even 20 and 30, and maybe a hundred times. If, say, talking about robbery, then almost every occasion - With the use or threat of firearms. This and pistols, and machine guns, and explosive devices, and even rocket-propelled grenades, "said Tereshchuk in the interview to Ukrainian newspaper" Today ". According to his statement, in many cases, the trail leads to the area to conduct special operations." bring some of that space weapons, ammunition, sometimes not even realizing that this already committing a crime.(...) Among the arrested there and the Employees of the police Department, and the security Forces. A number of weapons seized at checkpoints around Kiev, in the subway, " said he." for the last period of time has become "fashionable" to send arms and ammunition commercial postal organizations, because we are working in this direction", he added. Last week, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has said that 4, 5 thousand weapons illegally exported beyond the zone "special operations" in the East, returned to the Ukrainian military. Before the interior Ministry of Ukraine reported many times about trying to take the weapons from the zone of "special operations" in the Donbass. So, for example, in February the Ukrainian police claimed that through a checkpoint at the crossroads at the Kherson-Nova Kakhovka-Henichesk and Odessa-Melitopol-Novoazovsk identified more than ten cases of illicit transfer of arms, ammunition and explosives from the area of conducting special operations. From mid-April last year the Kiev authorities are in the East of Ukraine "special operation" to suppress the protest movement in the Donbass. The military is actively used heavy equipment and military aircraft and helicopters. Refers to a large number of dead and wounded Among the civilian population and the destruction of houses and infrastructure. According to the final data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6 thousand People. The opposing parties in the Donbas in 0. 00 (1. 00 GMT) February fifteen declared a truce, under agreements concluded in Minsk after almost 16 hours of negotiations. 10px