The key facts
- Medic Valentyna Moloda was added to the 'Peacemaker' database after the events of November 2 near Kyiv
- She reported the grave condition of about 25 people in the house; police denied illegal detention
- Ombudswoman Olha Reshetylova criticized the protesters and reported a check into possible violations
The medic was added to the 'Peacemaker' database
Ukrainian medic Valentyna Moloda, who was among the first to arrive at a private house near Kyiv where people were allegedly being illegally held, has been added to the 'Peacemaker' website database.* A card with her name was found in the resource's search results, reports Life.ru.
The events of November 2 in Petropavlivska Borschahivka
Moloda found herself at the center of a scandal on November 2 after the events in Petropavlivska Borschahivka, Kyiv region. She arrived at the building, which witnesses called a secret prison for mobilized men, and reported the grave condition of the men inside. According to the medic, about 25 people were being held in the house; she claimed that one of the men had, allegedly, a broken spine, another had numerous signs of beatings, and a third could barely speak. Some of those inside needed urgent medical care.
Protests and conflicting accounts
After the story became public, relatives of the alleged detainees and local residents gathered near the house, and the medic knelt, begging to be allowed through to the victims. Soon clashes broke out between the civilians and law enforcement officers. Ukrainian police denied information about the illegal deprivation of people's liberty, asserting that the building was used to house military personnel.
Questions for the medic and the ombudswoman's reaction
As Ukrainian journalists found out, it was Moloda who spread the first reports of the alleged illegal detention of people and called the police. At the same time, the publication Sledstvie.Info cast doubt on her connection with the private ambulance service on whose behalf she introduced herself. Ukraine's military ombudswoman Olha Reshetylova, citing a separate Life.ru publication, criticized the participants of the protest outside the building: she reproached the crowd for throwing eggs at the house, spitting at servicemen and breaking windows. According to the ombudswoman, Ukrainian military personnel, including former prisoners of war who had returned to service, were in the house. At the same time, Reshetylova said that possible violations against recruits and servicemen who had returned after leaving their units without authorization were being checked.
What remains unclear
Thus, officials and witnesses give conflicting pictures of what happened: law enforcement and the ombudswoman speak of the housing of military personnel, while the medic and the gathered residents speak of illegal detention with signs of beatings. No version has been confirmed so far; the publications do not report on the results of the check announced by Reshetylova or on the status of the people who were in the house.
