Events in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka: 13 participants in clashes have been detained. VIDEO

Law enforcement officers have detained 13 people involved in the riots in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka.

This was reported by the SSU press office, according to Censor.NET.

Details

Among those detained is an 18-year-old native of the Zaporizhzhia region, who spent four and a half years in the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine and moved to the Kyiv region a few months ago.

It was he who struck a patrol police car and a National Guard bus with a sledgehammer.

"Two other suspects are a 22-year-old local woman who is unemployed and a 21-year-old builder from the Rivne region. They took part in blocking the road, damaging the National Guard bus and inciting others to damage special-purpose vehicles," the statement reads.

The ‘fake doctor’

The SSU has established that one of the organisers of the provocation used a forged ‘surgeon’s’ licence.

"This concerns a local resident who posed as a medical worker at a private clinic and incited people to clash near the National Guard’s temporary deployment point.

As the investigation revealed, the suspect had not obtained any qualifications in higher medical, pharmaceutical or postgraduate education, and the Ministry of Health of Ukraine had not issued her with a doctor’s licence," the SSU explained.

A total of 13 active participants in the disturbances have been detained so far.

Seven of those detained have been notified of the charges against them in accordance with the offences committed under two articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine:

Part 1 of Article 114-1 (obstruction of the lawful activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations during a state of emergency);
Part 2 of Article 114-2 (unauthorised dissemination of information regarding the movement or deployment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine or other military formations established in accordance with the laws of Ukraine under martial law).

Pre-trial measures in the form of remand in custody have already been imposed on them.

Searches

As part of the investigation, 14 further searches were also carried out.

Currently, based on evidence from the National Police, a further six suspects have been charged under the relevant articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine:

Part 2 of Article 296 (hooliganism);
Part 2 of Article 342 (resisting a law enforcement officer).

The suspects face up to 8 years’ imprisonment. The investigation is ongoing.

The situation in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka

Earlier, reports had circulated online claiming that on 2 November, in the village of Petropavlivska Borshchahivka near Kyiv, allegedly armed men were holding around 40 hostages in the basement of one of the houses, some of whom were in a serious condition, and were preventing medical staff from reaching them.
According to the Kyiv Regional Police, they were contacted by staff from a private ambulance service who had been 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 collect him.
However, at around 10.30 pm, a group of people arrived at the scene and began pushing those present. A mass brawl broke out, and the sound of gunshots was heard, according to media reports. There were casualties among those present, and Budanov urged them to contact the police.
Budanov, who had visited the scene of the clashes the previous day, announced on 3 November that measures had been drawn up to ensure an appropriate response to the events in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka and to prevent further provocations.
On 3 November, the Security Service of Ukraine (
SSU)
stated that it had identified and established the identities of around 100 people who were present at the scene of the disturbances on 2 November in the village of Petropavlivska Borshchahivka in the Kyiv region and who had actively participated in organising them.
The SSU has opened criminal proceedings in three separate cases.
The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) has opened a case concerning the abuse of authority or official powers by military personnel.
On 4 November, the court imposed a preventive measure on Valentyna Moloda, who was the first to arrive at the scene of the protests in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka dressed as a paramedic and who is suspected of obstructing the activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The Security Service detained and served notices of suspicion on three organisers of the riots.
The Solomianskyi District Court of Kyiv remanded Tetiana Kireeva in custody without the right to bail. She is suspected of involvement in an attempt to remove her sister’s husband from the military deployment site in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka under the guise of an ‘emergency evacuation’ by ambulance.
On 5 November, the Solomianskyi District Court in Kyiv imposed a preventive measure on another individual implicated in the clashes in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka, Viktor Yena.