Police identify 130 participants in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka clashes – video
Police officers, working with the Security Service of Ukraine, have identified 130 individuals who were likely involved in the riots in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka, Kyiv Oblast, on 2 November.
Source: National Police of Ukraine
Quote: "At present, in the course of the measures carried out, criminal analysts from the police have established that among them, 27 individuals took an active part in unlawful actions and another 24 behaved aggressively, incited the public, and deliberately provoked conflicts with law enforcement officers and servicemen of the National Guard of Ukraine."
Details: The police noted that significant damage was caused to four police cars and a National Guard bus as a result of the events.
Quote: "The actions of all active participants will be given a legal assessment as part of the investigations by the National Police, the Security Service of Ukraine and the Office of the Prosecutor General. The work is ongoing."
Details: Ukrainska Pravda has asked for comment on whether there are any new detainees in this case and whether notices of suspicion are being drawn up for them.
Background:
- On 2 November, clashes broke out in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka, where National Guard servicemen were stationed. A crowd gathered following unverified reports alleging that men were being detained and tortured there.
- National Guard Commander Oleksandr Pivnenko and the leadership of the National Police arrived at the scene.
- Military Ombudswoman Olha Reshetylova says an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident has been ordered.
- The 1st Azov Corps of Ukraine's National Guard said the deployment point where the clashes took place was used to house mobilised personnel and servicemen detained after going AWOL as they awaited assignment to military units.
- The crowd attacked a National Guard bus. Late in the evening, Kyrylo Budanov, Head of the President's Office, arrived at the scene to resolve the situation.
- Slidstvo.Info said that the reports alleging the unlawful detention of servicemen had been disseminated by a woman named Valentyna Moloda, who claimed to be the owner of a healthcare company called Med-Prestige. The journalists established that the "private ambulance" has not been in use since 2023.
- Budanov later reported that the woman, who was the first to arrive in an "ambulance" at the building in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka and claimed that servicemen were being unlawfully detained there, had been apprehended. She and two other participants in the events – Tetiana Kiriieva and Viktor Yen – have been served with notices of suspicion and remanded in custody without bail.
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