Confrontation Involving National Guard Soldiers Unfolds Near Kyiv, Police Deny Hostage Reports
Authorities are investigating injuries to four servicemen and the reported presence of a 14-year-old boy as officials deny torture claims.
- Police were dispatched to Petropavlivska Borshchahivka, a village near Kyiv, on Nov. 2 after an ambulance crew reported being prevented from reaching a patient inside a private house where National Guard soldiers were present.
- Several Telegram channels alleged that armed men held around 40 people hostage in the basement, with unverified reports claiming one person had died; the National Police denied these reports of unlawful detention and deaths as false.
- National Guard Commander Major General Oleksandr Pivnenko confirmed that service members who had gone absent without leave were inside the house, and four soldiers requiring medical attention were transported to a hospital.
- Interior Minister Ivan Vyhivskyi ordered an internal investigation, stressing that "all information will be checked as part of it, including the conditions for the servicemen."
- The State Bureau of Investigation and the Office of the Military Ombudsman are working at the scene, with relatives and medics permitted to access the building and the National Guard providing full cooperation.
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