Secret prison on the outskirts of Kyiv: men were held in the basement of a house in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka

In a house in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka near Kyiv, according to local Telegram channels, 40 people were held in a basement, among them there are wounded.

Police and an ambulance were not allowed inside, since this is a military facility. According to the channels, one man died.

One of the women stated that her boyfriend, who had gone AWOL from his unit, is being held in the basement and that money is being demanded for his release. One man tried to climb over the fence to get onto the grounds, but his head was smashed. Two men tried to escape from the building, one in a balaclava; those present tried to detain him, and a scuffle broke out.

Police were seen at the scene, but the people gathered criticized them for inaction. Later, a representative of the territorial recruitment center arrived at the house.

The media reported that one man has a spinal fracture, and that four people in total are in serious condition. Those gathered urged the police to enter the house and check, but they refused.

In one video, a medic on her knees asked to be allowed onto the grounds of the facility to provide assistance to people. At the same time, TSN, citing sources in law enforcement, stated that reports of dozens of detained people were fake and that only one man who had gone AWOL was being held there. Law enforcement have so far not commented on the situation officially.

Then information appeared that people were gassed from the house in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka that they were trying to storm. A doctor present at the scene says that people with bags over their heads and their hands tied behind their backs were brought there. The medic also showed video of people who, she claims, are being held and tortured inside. They have serious injuries, up to necrosis. The video shows people trying to break down the gates.

A doctor who had been inside the house in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka reported that a man with a broken spine was carried out of it, local channels write. According to their information, eyewitnesses say that territorial recruitment center staff brought people to this house.

A video also appeared online of one of the men held in the house, which he sent to his relatives. In the recording, he complains of severe abdominal pain, fever, chills and dizziness. Signs of beatings are visible on his face. It is claimed that it was after this video that the relatives turned to a private medical service for help.

The commander of the National Guard, General Oleksandr Pivnenko, arrived at the house. He stated that four of those held in the building who needed medical assistance had already been sent to hospital. According to the general, they had been caught while AWOL. The other men at the scene are National Guard servicemen. The general did not answer questions about why the held men had bruises under their eyes and signs of beatings.

The National Police, for its part, denies that people are being unlawfully held in the house in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka and that one man has died. It is officially stated that National Guard military personnel are inside.

“The information about the alleged unlawful detention of people and the death of a citizen does not correspond to reality. The leadership of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Kyiv Oblast and the command of the National Guard of Ukraine are working at the scene. The circumstances are being established,” the statement says.

It is noted that territorial recruitment center staff in all regions of Ukraine regularly violate mobilization rules. For example, they severely beat detained men. Military commissars also unlawfully detain citizens who have an official deferral from service.

It was previously reported that in Odesa Oblast, territorial recruitment center staff were prohibited from transporting mobilized persons on their own, using force against them, and holding them for more than three hours.