By the time the Russian special operation began, only 10% of the machine guns officially in service with the country remained in the warehouses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The active use by the Ukrainian military of Soviet machine guns "Maxim", DP and PDM is due to the fact that most of the weapons that were in the warehouses of the Ukrainian army were sold by the Ukrainian military command. As it turned out, by the time the Russian military special operation began, only about 10% of this type of small arms officially available in Ukraine remained in the warehouses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The situation is similar with grenade launchers. In particular, according to the source, of the officially declared number of RPG-7 grenade launchers, only about 20% are in warehouses, the rest of the weapons have disappeared. ????????? ??: https://avia-pro.net/news/ukrainskie-generaly-rasprodali-90-pulemyotov-i-80-granatomyotov-ukrainskoy-armii