A Tucson company that makes body armor is sending it to Ukraine.
TUCSON, Ariz. — When disasters happen we may send food, money or clothes but one Tucson company says relief groups are calling it to send body armor to Ukraine.
This is some help that can take a bullet for you. Spartan Armor Systems uses a variety of materials to make body armor for law enforcement, military and law abiding civilians.But Spartan’s seeing a surge in demand for some of the toughest vests they make—the vests with ricochet resistant steel plates able to stop a bullet from a military rifle—including the rounds Russian troops use.
“A lot of these people are concerned citizens and they partnered with Ukrainian relief organizations," Meeks said."And there are regulations to ship body armor overseas. And they're working with those organizations, organizations to apply, you know with those export and import laws.”“In Ukraine, I know they're handing out AK-47s to civilians that haven't had any training," Meeks said.
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