Ukrainian law enforcers have found 36 Russian ground-to-air missiles for the Pechora anti-aircraft missile systems at a seaport in Odesa region.

Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko and Chief Military Prosecutor Anatolii Matios said this at a sitting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on Wednesday, March 27, Ukrainian News Agency reports.

According to them, there was an attempt to smuggle the 36 ground-to-air missiles to Eritrea.

Yurii Lutsenko and Anatolii Matios suggested the Cabinet of Ministers transferring the 36 ground-to-air missiles to the Ukrainian army and the cabinet supported the initiative.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, in November 2018, the Ukrainian army tested and held field firing of the Buk and S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems in Kherson region.