Florida Gunmaker KelTec Sending 400 Semi-Automatic Rifles to Ukraine

Soldiers of the Territorial Defense Forces of Ukraine, the military reserve of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, take part in military training in an underground garage that has been converted into a training and logistics base in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 11, 2022. Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images

KelTec, a Florida-based gun manufacturer, is donating 400 semi-automatic rifles to Ukraine to help civilians fend off the Moscow-led invasion, after a longtime customer to the company placed an order and then disappeared.

Adrian Kellgren, the owner of the firearms developer and manufacturer, said he was left holding a $200,000 shipment of 9mm SUB2000 carbines after a Ukrainian customer, who lives in Odessa, placed an order, he told The Associated Press. However, since the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, Kellgren said he has been unable to contact the customer.