The Department of Preventive Activities of the National Police of Ukraine reported that as of July 31, 2018, 892,854 firearms were in the hands of citizens of the country, DW reports..
It is reported that we are talking about registered hunting rifles and smooth-bore weapons.
It is noted that at the end of 2016 a similar figure was more than 920 thousand units of firearms. In total, the police noted, since 2013 the average indicator of the number of weapons in the hands of the population has ranged from 800 thousand to 900 thousand, in the last two years there has been a tendency to reduce it.