Overview
- Five postal and customs employees were injured when a parcel detonated during an outbound inspection in Kyiv’s Solomyanskyi district.
- Police identified the suspect as a 40-year-old Ternopil resident who allegedly tried to mail ammunition as a souvenir.
- A search of the suspect’s home recovered about a dozen more ammunition items, and investigators found shell remnants at the scene.
- Ukrposhta and customs staff detected and seized another dangerous parcel containing decommissioned ammunition during screening.
- Criminal proceedings are underway with a potential penalty of up to seven years in prison, and authorities urged the public not to mail weapons or munitions.