Court remands Tetiana Kireieva in custody over suspected involvement in clashes outside building in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka

Kyiv’s Solomianskyi District Court has remanded Tetiana Kireieva in custody without bail. She is suspected of involvement in an attempt to take her sister’s husband out of a military deployment site in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka under the guise of an "emergency evacuation" by ambulance.

Censor.NET reports this, citing Suspilne.

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Kireieva was served the same notice of suspicion as Valentyna Moloda. The suspected offences include obstructing the lawful activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations, disseminating information about the location of military personnel, and organising mass unrest.

Kireieva called the court’s decision politically motivated. She said she had merely been trying to resolve a personal matter.

The woman said she had approached Valentyna Moloda for help getting her brother-in-law out of the deployment site. According to Kireieva, she learned about Moloda from her sister, who described her as a public activist, correspondent, and doctor who might have the necessary contacts.

Kireieva then contacted the "doctor". According to her account, Moloda asked for evidence of the man’s medical condition and said she handled "emergency evacuations of military personnel". Kireieva also said her sister’s husband had been mobilised on August 20 and brought to that same building the following day. On August 21, she said, he escaped by climbing over a fence, but was detained on August 24. She claims the man was kept under guard, effectively deprived of his liberty, and was in very poor condition.

According to Kireieva, Moloda explained that a set of documents had to be prepared to take him out through official channels. Moloda also claimed she had previously taken people out of military recruitment centres. According to Kireieva, such an "emergency evacuation" cost 107,000 hryvnias.

Moloda’s position

During the hearing to determine her pre-trial measure, Moloda said Kireieva had approached her for help getting her sister’s husband out of the deployment site. According to Moloda, the man had recently undergone surgery and was experiencing complications.

She also claimed he had been beaten after refusing to carry out certain tasks assigned by the military leadership. Moloda insisted that she had medical documents confirming his condition and had not accepted money for her help.

Background

Earlier, reports circulated online claiming that on 2 November in the village of Petropavlivska Borshchahivka near Kyiv, armed men were allegedly holding around 40 hostages in the basement of one of the houses, some of whom were in a serious condition, and were preventing medics from reaching them.
According to the Kyiv Regional Police, they were contacted by staff from a private ambulance service who were prevented from reaching one person.
The police stated that reports claiming people were being unlawfully detained in the village of Petropavlivska Borshchahivka and that one of them had died were untrue.
The Commander of the National Guard, Oleksandr Pivnenko, confirmed that National Guard servicemen were in the house after leaving their unit without authorisation, and that four of them required medical attention and were taken to hospital.
Pivnenko also explained that the private house was being used as a temporary accommodation centre for National Guard personnel. Mobilised personnel arrived there, underwent registration and checks, after which they were sent to a training centre.
When asked about a man with a broken spine, National Guard press officer Ruslan Muzychuk replied that this was not true: all four had walked to the ambulance under their own steam.
The Office of the Military Ombudsman was present at the scene in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka alongside the command of the National Guard of Ukraine. An investigation has been ordered.
The National Guard will launch an internal investigation into this incident.
Tensions remained high well into the night. People threw stones at the building’s windows, set off smoke bombs and firecrackers, damaged the building’s brick wall, smashed the bus and attempted to overturn it.
The Head of the President’s Office, Kyrylo Budanov, arrived at the scene in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka in the Kyiv region.
Footage circulated on social media showing a teenage boy being led out of the building, wrapped in a thermal blanket. Budanov spoke to him personally – the boy said he was 14 years old and had come to the scene with his friends. The Head of the Presidential Office rang the boy’s sister to ask her to come and collect him.
However, at around 10.30 pm, a group of people arrived at the scene and began pushing those present aside. A mass brawl broke out, and the sound of gunshots was heard, according to media reports. There were casualties amongst those present, and Budanov urged them to contact the police.