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Schroeder, Matt and Olena Shumska. 2021 ‘Executive summary.’ Making The Rounds: Illicit Ammunition in Ukraine, p. 10. Geneva: Small Arms Survey, the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva. 1 January

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While illicit ammunition has proliferated widely within Ukraine, the Survey found no evidence of large-scale international trafficking to Ukraine's neighbours or other countries in Europe.

Ammunition seizures at international border crossings are relatively infrequent and small in scale, especially compared to seizures of cigarettes and other trafficked commodities. A preliminary assessment of illicit hand grenades in three Western European countries yielded similar findings; few, if any, grenades seized by authorities in these countries came from Ukraine.

That said, the barriers to smuggling grenades, rockets, and other ammunition out of Ukraine are hardly insurmountable, and even a single successful trafficking scheme could radically alter the profile of illicit weapons in some countries. Preventing such schemes—and reducing civilian casualties caused by loose ammunition in Ukraine—will require a coordinated, sustained effort by Ukrainian authorities and the international community for many years to come.

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