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Ukrainian Security Service finds two caches with explosives, grenades in ATO zone

Ukrainian Security Service finds two caches with explosives, grenades in ATO zone

Military counterintelligence officers of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) have found two caches containing explosives and grenades in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) zone in Donbas, the SBU press center said.

"The law enforcement officers seized 17 TNT blocks with a total weight of 6.8 kilograms from a cache on the outskirts of Hranitne village in the Donetsk region, which is situated in the so-called 'grey zone'," the press center said in a report published on Tuesday evening.

The report also said that SBU officers discovered a cache containing 4 kilograms of TNT in blocks and two F-1 grenades with fuses in a spoil tip near Berezove town in Donetsk region.

The seized ammunition was handed over to the police for the opening of a criminal inquiry under Article 263 of Ukraine's Criminal Code and further investigative procedures.

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