Ukraine was shipped a cache of 101 guns and 148,000 bullets confiscated by Miami police
Ukraine received a cache of 101 guns and 148,000 bullets confiscated by Miami police.
  • The Miami Police Department sent over a hundred guns and 148,000 bullets to Ukraine.
  • It's the first time the US has transferred confiscated small arms to another country.
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is pressing the US to send more long-range weapons.

Ukraine received a shipment of 101 firearms and 148,000 bullets handed in to the Miami Police Department, according to Ukraine's Parliament, with the weapons now in the hands of Ukrainian authorities.

The transfer, a first-of-its-kind, came about through the City of Miami's voluntary gun buyback program, which aims to get guns off the streets and send them to Ukraine.