Clash near Kyiv at house where servicemen were held: police and National Guard reject accusations

On November 2, a crowd gathered outside a private house in the village of Petropavlivska Borschahivka near Kyiv, where, according to social media reports, about 40 people were being held, and clashes with police broke out. Authorities describe the site as a temporary staging point of the National Guard; the commander confirmed that four detained servicemen who had left their units were hospitalized from there.

Otabek YusupovFirst published on tafs uz 3 November 2026 at 22:023 min read

The key facts

On November 2, more than a hundred people gathered outside a private house in Petropavlivska Borschahivka near Kyiv after reports of people being held there
Police and the National Guard deny unlawful detention, beatings, and a death; commander Pivnenko confirmed the hospitalization of four servicemen
According to DW, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the National Guard launched an investigation after the conflict

What happened

On November 2, more than a hundred people gathered outside a private house in the village of Petropavlivska Borschahivka near Kyiv. The reason was reports on social media that mobilized men and servicemen who had left their units without authorization were being held in the house — according to participants of the protest and relatives, about 40 men could have been in the basement, and violence was allegedly used against them. This information had not been confirmed by independent sources at the time of publication. Reports of the conflict were published by DW, whose account is cited by Kun.uz.

Clashes and the authorities' version

The crowd demanded that the conditions in which people were being held be checked and that they be allowed onto the premises; according to Ukrainian media, clashes with police occurred during the day, and by evening the situation escalated — residents tried to break inside and smash the gates. Medics who arrived reported that they were not being allowed through to people in need of help. The Kyiv Regional Police stated that the house was a place where servicemen of one of the National Guard units were stationed, and rejected reports of unlawful detention, beatings, torture, and a death. The Azov Corps of the National Guard also described the circulating claims of violence at the temporary location of military unit No. 3121 as unverified.

What the National Guard commander confirmed

The commander of the National Guard, General Oleksandr Pivnenko, arrived at the scene.He confirmed that the Guard had rented the house and used it as a temporary staging point: mobilized recruits were brought there, processed, and then sent for training. Before his arrival, four people were taken out of the house and handed over to medics; journalists reported that one of them had a broken spine. According to Pivnenko, these were National Guard servicemen detained after leaving their units without authorization; 18 more servicemen remained in the house, whose condition he described as satisfactory. According to DW, after the conflict the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the National Guard launched an investigation.

What remains unclear

The positions of the two sides differ fundamentally: relatives and protest participants speak of forcible detention and beatings, while officials describe what happened as the lawful stationing of a unit and the detention of those who left service without authorization. There was no independent confirmation at the time of publication of the number of people held (about 40 according to the crowd versus 18 named by the commander) or of the reports of injuries; the results of the investigation launched have not yet been made public.