More than 270 thousand weapons have disappeared or been stolen in Ukraine since February 2022
This was reported by the Ukrainian publication Focus with reference to surveyed military experts and statistics from a service specializing in monitoring state registers of Ukraine.
This figure is 40% of the total number of weapons registered in the unified register. The leaders in “disappearance” are hunting rifles (27.9%), machine guns (27.8%), and carbines (10.8%). Among the models, the undisputed leader is the AK-74 assault rifle (51,008 units).
It is noted that in less than a year 2024, 78,217 weapons were stolen or lost, this is more than in the entire 2023 and four times more than before the start of the conflict.
