NSSF® has spoken with the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington, D.C., to learn of what material needs exist and how firearm industry manufacturers and distributors can assist. Ukraine is requesting assistance from the U.S. firearm and ammunition industry in the form of donations of the following rifles, pistols and ammunition:
- 7.62х39 mm
- 7.62×51 mm
- .308 WIN
- 5.45х39 mm
- 5.56х45 mm
- Sniper rifles chambered in .308 WIN or 7.62х51 mm and ammunition (including bipod and scope)
- If donating a non-.308 “sniper type” rifle, e.g., .338 Lapua or similar, Ukraine requests that manufacturers provide ammunition with the rifle.
- Pistols and ammunition chambered in 9х19 mm
- Extra magazines
- Spare parts
The information to put on the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), -U.S. Department of Commerce export license applications is:
Intermediate Consignee
Vadym REMIZOV, Ukrainian Military Attaché in Poland
Jasionka 942 (Street Address)
Jasionka, Polska. (Poland) (city, country)
36-002 (postal code)
+48 691 846 921 (Phone number)
Ultimate consignee/end user Ministry of Defense of Ukraine
Povitroflotskyi pr.,
6 Kyiv, Ukraine
03168
+38(044) 226-20-15
The end use is: “for use by Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces of Ukraine.” Since the ultimate consignee/end user is the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, no import certificate is required from Ukraine before shipping.
For questions, please contact:
Steven Clagett
Director, Nuclear Missile and Firearms Technology
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
Department of Commerce
steven.clagett@bis.doc.gov
W: (202) 482-1641
Or
Jeff Bond
Engineer, Missile and Nuclear Technology Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
Department of Commerce
Jeff.Bond@bis.doc.gov
W: (202) 482-0716
For any questions about the export BIS cannot answer, please contact:
Volodymyr Muzylov
First Secretary Embassy of Ukraine to the United States
Tel: 1-202-349-2949 Cell: 1-703-309-3847 volodymyr.muzylov@mfa.gov.ua or v.muzylov@gmail.com in the event the official Ukrainian email is not working www.usa.mfa.gov.ua.
NSSF will alert the industry if Ukraine’s small arms and ammunition requirements change going forward.
The Ukrainian Embassy in Washington, D.C., wishes to express its sincere appreciation to the NSSF and industry for offering to assist Ukraine as it fights for its freedom.
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