Verkhovna Rada Committee wants to hear from Interior Ministry leadership over "Carthage" and events in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka

The Verkhovna Rada's Law Enforcement Committee intends to summon the Interior Ministry's leadership to a meeting to hear information about Operation "Carthage."

A committee member said this in a comment to Censor.NET.

Reaction to Operation "Carthage"

"Of course, everyone in parliament is shocked by what they have seen. So we plan to summon the Interior Ministry to a committee meeting, but a little later. They are preparing materials and working very thoroughly on both Borshchahivka and the internal reviews related to 'Carthage.' There is a whole range of issues. The police shut down the U420 drug-selling retail chain long ago and prevented it from reopening, but there is plenty else," he said.

Events in Borshchahivka

According to the politician, the situation in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka shocked lawmakers no less than "Carthage."

"It poses a greater danger, because there will always be corrupt law enforcement officers, and NABU will catch them — that is what it was created for. But destabilizing the country for no reason through the actions of a hundred idiots, as happened with the 'Azov' base, is a huge problem," the MP stressed.

NABU's Operation "Carthage"

NABU earlier reported that a senior Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) official was threatening to use a weapon and obstructing a search.
The Bureau subsequently said that NABU and SAPO had exposed a criminal organization that systematically bribed senior SSU, National Police, and prosecution officials to provide "protection" for fraudulent call centers and other illegal businesses.
NABU said that the "Carthage" investigation had exposed a criminal organization whose members had arranged systematic bribes to senior law enforcement officials to ensure the unhindered operation of fraudulent call centers and other illegal businesses.
It was subsequently reported that anti-corruption authorities had detained General Serhii Duka, first deputy head of the SSU's Department for the Protection of National Statehood.
SSU chief Oleksandr Poklad dismissed two senior Service officials implicated in NABU's investigation under Operation "Carthage." He also suggested that a suspect in the case known as "Mexican" return to Ukraine and surrender to law enforcement.
NABU and SAPO named five suspects in providing cover for illegal businesses. Those implicated include senior Security Service of Ukraine and National Police officials.

Situation in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka

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.
Budanov, who visited the scene of the clashes the previous day, said on November 3 that measures were being developed to ensure an appropriate response to the events in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka and prevent provocations.
On November 3, the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) said it had identified approximately 100 people who were present at the scene of the unrest on November 2 in the village of Petropavlivska Borshchahivka in the Kyiv region and actively participated in organising it.

The SBU opened criminal proceedings.
The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) opened a case into military personnel exceeding their authority or official powers.
On November 4, the court imposed a pretrial measure on Valentyna Moloda, who was the first to arrive at the protest site in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka wearing a paramedic's uniform and is suspected of obstructing the activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The Security Service of Ukraine detained three organizers of the unrest and served them with notices of suspicion.
Kyiv's Solomianskyi District Court remanded Tetiana Kireieva in custody without bail. She is suspected of involvement in an attempt to remove her sister's husband from a military deployment site in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka under the guise of an "emergency evacuation" by ambulance.
On November 5, Kyiv's Solomianskyi District Court imposed a pretrial measure on Viktor Yena, another suspect in the clashes in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka.