The Ukrainian police reported seizing about 2,500 hand grenades this year, compared with 100 in 2013. Arms experts say it is no surprise that more and more grenades are leaking from the war zone. Hand grenades are easy to hide and hard to keep a good accounting of in combat situations. An unemployed man threatened a gas station attendant with a hand grenade and then drove off without paying the bill. But even if firearms were made more widely available, civilians would still not be allowed to possess hand grenades.

Source: New York Times December 24, 2017 16:52 UTC