Rada will consider the issues of captured weapons – Stefanchuk

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine will soon consider the issue of a mechanism for the legalization of captured weapons obtained during the conflict. Parliament Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk announced this on Saturday, August 17, during a telethon.

“Undoubtedly, we also plan to include the issues of captured weapons in this first military package, which is in the Verkhovna Rada,” he said.

Speaking about the possible types of weapons to which this applies, Stefanchuk noted that “in some caches there are still weapons from the Second World War,” which may indicate the rationale of citizens who “know where and what to store.”

“But until now we don’t have a mechanism to legalize it. Now we are establishing a fully legal mechanism – how weapons obtained in battles can be legalized,” said the spokesperson.

Stefanchuk added that this bill has been agreed with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is responsible for accounting for weapons, and expressed the opinion that “it will be a very good mechanism.”

“Let’s stop cheating each other… Let’s do everything according to the law so that people can be calm that they have this right and understand how it can be realized,” said the Speaker of the Rada.

Let’s recall that since the beginning of the year, the Ministry of Defense has codified and approved more than 10 domestically produced robotic systems for operation in the army.

American leader Joe Biden called on Congress to ban the free sale of assault rifles, specifically the AR-15 model, which was used to kill US President Donald Trump.