The key facts
- Protesters near Kyiv tried to overturn a bus with military personnel and demanded that Budanov come out
- Law enforcement used tear gas; UNIAN reports beatings of civilians by unknown men in balaclavas and gunfire
- Earlier, a 14-year-old teenager was found on the grounds of the facility
Protest at the prison in Petropavlivska Borschahivka
Near the unofficial National Guard prison in Petropavlivska Borschahivka near Kyiv, where, according to Ukrainian media reports, mobilized men were tortured, protests took place. Demonstrators tried to overturn a bus carrying military personnel and demanded that the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Kyrylo Budanov, 'come out to the people.' After that, as Life.ru reports citing the Ukrainian outlet Strana.ua, law enforcement used tear gas.
Unknown men in balaclavas and gunfire
According to Life.ru, unknown men in balaclavas and with bats came to the protest, after which gunfire broke out. The Ukrainian agency UNIAN wrote that 'thugs' were beating civilians; according to its information, one of them kicked the agency's correspondent in the stomach.
Context: the found teenager and claims about the dead
Earlier a 14-year-old teenager was found on the grounds of the prison near Kyiv. According to local media reports cited by Life.ru, he came to the house's territory 'with the guys.' One of those gathered near the building told Budanov that the boy had been thrown over the fence and beaten. Earlier, Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada deputy Maryana Dmitruk stated that over the course of a month several people had been beaten to death in the prison near Kyiv; this information is presented in the publication as her statement, without independent confirmation.
