SBU seized two large shipments of arms in the zone of the special operation in the Donbas – Kommersant

Employees of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has discovered and seized in the zone of the special operation in the Donbas two large shipments of weapons, which were collected and gathered illegally take out the former fighters of one of the volunteer battalions, the press center of the SBU . “According to preliminary information, the former soldiers of one of the volunteer battalions were planning to carry deep into the Ukraine are two major parties unaccounted arms and ammunition”, – said in a statement.

SBU found near the village of Bahmutovka Novoaydarovskogo District of Lugansk region car, which was found grenade launcher, TNT bombs, landmines and hand grenades of various types, as well as ammunition and magazines for automatic weapons. Another batch of weapons investigators found in the abandoned factory premises in the village Polovinkin Starobelsk district, Luhansk region. On these facts the garrison military prosecutor’s office of Luhansk initiated criminal proceedings under Part. 1 tbsp. 263 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

As reported by “Kommersant” in a telephone conversation, Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande discussed the future work of the “Norman format “, including talks of foreign ministers and the preparations for a new summit. The leaders recalled the need to respect the agreements Minsk. In turn, Vladimir Putin said he was concerned about escalating the Ukrainian armed forces along the boundary line.

For more information about how the leaders of Russia, Germany and France discussed the situation in Ukraine , read the material “b”, “Vladimir Putin is concerned about the” capacity of the armed forces of Ukraine “in the Donbass».