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Martyniuk, Anton. 2017 ‘Key Findings - Ukraine.’ Measuring Illicit Arms Flows. Geneva: Small Arms Survey, the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva. 1 April
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Considerable holdings of unregistered small arms are in civilian hands in Ukraine, with estimates running as high as 3–5 million.(2)
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2) In addition to a reported 2 million legal firearms (Ukrainian Parliament, 2014), existing estimates suggest the presence of 2–3 million unregistered firearms in Ukraine at the time of writing, although even this range may be conservative (author interviews with expert community and government officials, Kiev, 15–20 August 2016). Other sources speak of up to 5 million unregistered firearms circulating in the country (Karmanau, 2016).