Destruction on a street in Mariupol. Archival photoMARIUPOL, June 5 In the building of the Security Service of Ukraine in Mariupol, spent shell casings from American sniper cartridges were found, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. — 338th («Lapua-Magnum») from a long-range sniper cartridge. Before that, the same cartridge case was found at the position of Ukrainian militants at the plant named after Ilyich. Nearby were boxes of 308 Winchester cartridges, which are equipped with expansive bullets. When they enter the body, they open up and cause serious harm. This ammunition appeared at the end of the 19th century and is known as «dum-dum» bullets. The inscriptions on the boxes indicate that the cartridges were manufactured by the American company DesertTech and that the export of such products is subject to regulation by the State Department and the US Department of Commerce.
Advertising materials of a nationalist blogger were found in the SBU building in MariupolDesertTech specializes in the development and production of modern high-tech long-range sniper rifles Desert Tech HTI, Desert Tech SRS-A2, Desert Tech MDR and MDRx. For the SRS-A2 series, just such cartridges can be used, the cartridge cases from which were found in the SBU. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a military special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. As Vladimir Putin stressed, its goal is «to protect people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, by the end of March, the Russian army had completed the main tasks of the first stage — it significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the department was called the liberation of Donbass.
