EU says it has not seen high levels of weapons smuggling from Ukraine

FILE PHOTO: European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson arrives at the G7 interior ministers meeting session at Eberbach monastery, Eltville, Germany, November 18, 2022. REUTERS/Heiko Becker/File Photo

KYIV (Reuters) - The EU has not observed any significant smuggling of weapons into Europe from wartime Ukraine, the European Commission's top internal affairs official said on Thursday during a visit to Kyiv.

"I must say that we have not seen any industrial smuggling of firearms out of Ukraine," European Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson said in an interview with Reuters.