Thieves stole about 400 bulletproof vests that were supposed to be sent to humanitarian workers in Ukraine, officials said. The bulletproof vests were stolen from the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, a nonprofit organization based in Manhattan, the New York Police Department confirmed to news outlets on Wednesday. “People right now in our community, they’re either in church praying or everyone is feeling disenfranchised. They have no power right now, and then this happens, and that absolutely affects people,” Ukrainian Congress Committee of America spokesman Andrij Dobriansky told NBC 4. Police responded to a call of a burglary at around 9:15 a.m. before they “were informed that approximately 400 bulletproof vests were removed from the location,” NYPD Sergeant Edward Riley told the outlet. He said that those vests were meant to be sent to medics, aid workers, and others—but not Ukrainian military members. “Who isn’t being supplied are territorial defenses, the people …
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