أمن كييف يعتقل 13ocrates participated in clashes in Petropavlivska Borshahivka
Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and National Police detained 13 people linked to clashes on 2 November near a National Guard deployment site in Petropavlivska Borshahivka, Kyiv Oblast. Courts placed seven of them under arrest; six others were accused of hooliganism and resisting law enforcement. Investigators conducted 14 additional searches, and the suspects face up to eight years in prison.
أبرز النقاط
- The clashes occurred on 2 November near a temporary National Guard deployment site in Petropavlivska Borshahivka, Kyiv Oblast.
- SBU and National Police detained 13 participants; seven were placed under arrest.
- The other six suspects were accused of hooliganism and resisting law enforcement officers.
- Investigators conducted 14 additional searches and identified about 100 or 130 people as possible participants.
- An 18-year-old from Zaporizhzhia Oblast was accused of striking a National Guard bus and a police patrol car with a sledgehammer.
- A 22-year-old unemployed resident and a 21-year-old builder from Rivne Oblast were accused of blocking traffic and damaging a National Guard bus.
- One organizer allegedly used a forged surgeon’s identification document while posing as a medical worker.
- The suspects face up to eight years in prison.
لماذا يهمّ ذلك
The case involves alleged interference with the activities of Ukraine’s military formations and the unauthorized dissemination of information about their locations during wartime. The arrests form part of a broader inquiry, with investigators identifying roughly 100–130 possible participants. The clashes damaged police and National Guard vehicles, four servicemembers were hospitalized, and service investigations were ordered into both the actions of the servicemembers and the conditions in which they were held.
ماذا حدث
On 2 November, a crowd gathered near a house in Petropavlivska Borshahivka used as a temporary deployment site for a National Guard unit. The confrontation followed online claims that people were being unlawfully detained and tortured in the building, but those claims were not substantiated. The crowd broke the fence and gates, damaged windows, police vehicles and a National Guard bus, and used smoke grenades and pepper spray. Four servicemembers were injured and hospitalized.
By 12 November, the SBU and National Police had detained 13 participants. Seven suspects were accused of obstructing the lawful activities of the Armed Forces and other military formations and disseminating information about their movements or locations; the court placed all seven under arrest. The remaining six were accused of hooliganism and resisting law enforcement officers. The suspects face up to eight years in prison, and investigators conducted 14 additional searches.
كيف تصفه المصادر الأوكرانية
Ukrainian reporting focuses on the arrests, criminal charges, court-imposed preventive measures and continuing investigation. It also details alleged roles of individual suspects, the circumstances at the National Guard site and parallel service investigations by the National Guard and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, with the State Bureau of Investigation also looking into the events.
أين تختلف الروايات
Published estimates differ on the crowd size: some reports put it at roughly 100 people, while others said about 500 people had gathered by the time Kyrylo Budanov arrived. Investigators’ figures also vary, with reports citing about 100 or 130 possible participants.
الخلفية
The house was used as a temporary deployment site of the National Guard’s 14th Assault Regiment, part of the 1st Corps “Azov.” It housed mobilized servicemembers awaiting distribution to training units and servicemembers who had left their units without authorization. National Guard commander Oleksandr Pivnenko and Presidential Office head Kyrylo Budanov attended the scene. The National Guard announced a service investigation on the evening of 2 November.