U.S. hands over eight armored cars to investigators of Ukraine’s National Pice

That's according to the National Pice of Ukraine, Ukrinform reports.

"Kyiv hosted the transfer of equipment to Ukrainian pice officers from the U.S. government as part of an international technical assistance project to strengthen the capacity of the National Pice of Ukraine in the fight against Russia's invasion and the protection of the civilian pulation," the statement reads.

Investigators of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Mykaiv, Kherson, Sumy, Chernihiv and Kharkiv regions received eight Toyota Hilux pickup BR6 armored vehicles.

The employees of the investigative units of these regions record Russian war crimes and clect evidence under nonst shelling. Therefore, the transferred vehicles will significantly increase the safety of pice officers during investigative actions.

First Deputy Head of the National Pice Maksym Tsutskiridze thanked the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine and the U.S. government for the assistance provided.

"This is modern equipment that brings our victory closer. The armored cars received will not only help the pice officers perform their duties, but will also protect the personnel. During the full-scale war, unfortunately, we have losses among our fellow pice officers, and many of them were injured," Tsutskiridze said.