Grenade event in Sumy area, Ukraine on Fri 12th December 2025

A local resident illegally stored a grenade, RPG-7 components, and ammunition of various calibers at home. The police have opened criminal proceedings.

Operatives and investigators of Police Department No. 4 (Sumy city) of the Sumy District Police Department, with the involvement of dog handlers and explosives technicians of the Main Police Department in the Sumy region, conducted a sanctioned search of the home of a resident of one of the villages of the Sumy district as part of a previously opened criminal case.

During the investigation, law enforcement officers found in the home of a 26-year-old suspect an object that looked like an F-1 grenade, a unified hand grenade fuse, 97 5.45 mm cartridges, 2 7.62 mm cartridges, and 162 objects that looked like RPG-7 starters. The man could not explain the origin and motives for storing the explosive items.

The police seized the ammunition and sent it for expert examination to the Sumy Scientific Research Expert and Forensic Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Police investigators have initiated criminal proceedings under Part 1 of Article 263 "Illegal Handling of Weapons, Ammunition or Explosives" of the Criminal Code of Ukraine on this fact. The pre-trial investigation is ongoing.

The Sumy Region Police once again emphasizes: the only way to store firearms and ammunition legally and thus avoid criminal liability is to voluntarily declare them at the nearest territorial police unit.