Taken From Ukraine’s War Zone, Grenades Are Used in Crimes, Too<br />Now, it is very easy to purchase weapons from people who visit the war zone." The police are seizing an ever-growing number of explosive devices, even in areas far from the fighting, Small Arms Survey, a group<br />that monitors the distribution of weapons globally, said in a report released in the spring.<br />Bohdan Petrenko said that A grenade is consumable: It means that a soldier can claim that it exploded, but easily hide it instead,<br />After nearly four years of war with Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, the spread of weapons<br />stolen from the army has led to an increase in gun violence unusual for a European country.<br />Supported by By Iuliia Mendel KIEV, Ukraine — The murder trial in Nikopol, a town in eastern Ukraine, was entangled in bureaucratic delays<br />that were clearly angering a father of one of the victims.<br />Most hand grenade crimes take place in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, a frequently<br />lawless area where the Ukrainian Army is fighting Russia-backed separatists.<br />Anna Maliar said that This is the consequence of the enormous<br />and uncontrolled circulation of military weapons on the territory of Ukraine after the beginning of hostilities,
