The illegal flow of weapons to Russian-occupied territories has been shut down: Ukrainian police special operation "Black Cartridge"

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28 Apr 2026

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Майбутня "наградна" зброя та її розповсюджувачі

National Police of Ukraine April 28, 2026 reported the dismantling of a supply channel of so-called “award” weapons for notorious politicians, propagandists and allies of the Russian Federation. According to the investigation, weapons from the leader of the so-called “DNR” Denis Pushilin were received by Kim Jong Un, Bashar Hafez al-Assad, Dmitry Medvedev, Sergey Sobyanin, Sergey Lavrov, Ramzan Kadyrov, Steven Seagal, Yulia Chicherina, Vladimir Solovyov, Oleksandr Sydyakin and Volodymyr Saldo.

According to the police, the weapons came from two sources: they were either stolen in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, or illegally brought in from the Slovak Republic. In particular, these were pistols of the “Glock” type chambered for Flobert cartridges, which after being imported from Slovakia were converted into fully functional combat weapons. They were later sold to criminals, handed over to illegal armed formations and used as an instrument of “incentivizing” persons who do not have a legal right to combat weapons.

Investigators of the Main Investigation Department of the National Police, together with operatives of the Department of Strategic Investigations, uncovered the mechanisms of smuggling, supply routes and members of the organized criminal group as early as January 2026. In cooperation with law enforcement officers of Poland, some of the suspects – citizens of Ukraine – were detained at the Polish border while attempting to illegally bring weapons into that country. The weapons were seized, and the indictment files have already been referred to the court in Poland.

In Ukraine, police investigators notified Denis Pushilin of suspicion of war crimes under part 1 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

In April 2026, the police together with the Military Counterintelligence Department of the Security Service of Ukraine conducted the second phase of the special operation “Black Cartridge”. More than 30 simultaneous searches took place in Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast, Zakarpattia Oblast and Sumy Oblast. Their results, according to law enforcement, confirmed the scale of illegal weapons flows directed to the temporarily occupied territories.

During investigative actions, more than 90 pieces of firearms were seized: assault rifles, machine guns, pistols, submachine guns, sniper rifles, including large-caliber ones, at least 7 grenade launchers and anti-tank systems, dozens of grenades, detonators and fuzes, anti-tank mines TM-62M, artillery munitions of caliber 30 mm, as well as a lightly armored vehicle “Tigr”. Separately, over 35 thousand rounds of ammunition of various calibers, more than 150 grenade launcher rounds, rocket motors for them, shaped-charge warheads, smoke grenades and other explosive elements were seized.

Part of the arsenal was stored in garages, residential houses and vehicles. The rest was in specially equipped caches on the terrain, the coordinates of which, according to the police, were provided by the suspects themselves. Also seized were forged documents, seals, identity cards, equipment and data carriers that could have been used to cover up activities and organize logistics. A number of expert examinations have been appointed. After their results, investigators will decide on additional charges.

Law enforcement officers are identifying all participants in the scheme, the routes of weapons movement and the final recipients. Involved in the work are the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine, international partners – Europol and the analytical project AP Weapons & Explosives. With the assistance of the Department of International Police Cooperation, a virtual coordination center has been created on the basis of Europol for real-time information exchange through secure channels, including the SIENA system.

The special operation “Black Cartridge” continues under the procedural leadership of the Office of the Prosecutor General simultaneously along several lines: cutting off supply channels, eliminating caches, international coordination and bringing all involved to justice.

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