The key facts

  • The teenager reported cut fingers, rib pain and difficulty walking
  • According to him, friends persuaded him to come to the basement, after which he was dragged inside and beaten
  • The incident in the village was accompanied by clashes involving Kyrylo Budanov

The freed teenager's account

A teenager freed from an unofficial prison housed in a basement in Kyiv region recorded a video on TikTok, which was later published by the Ukrainian Telegram channel This is reported by Gazeta.Ru.

How the abduction is described

The minor himself said that friends persuaded him to come to the basement where the unofficial prison was located. Several people dragged him inside the building and began beating him. During the

What is known about the incident in the village

The event became known on November 2, when the Ukrainian agency UNIAN reported, that in the village of Petropavlivska Borshchahivka in Kyiv region, armed men took about 40 people hostage, who, according to the publication, were in critical condition; medics who arrived were initially not allowed inside. A crowd gathered near the house: local residents claimed that an illegal prison for military personnel was located there, where people were tortured. The head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Kyrylo Budanov, arrived in the village — during clashes he was doused with pepper spray, after which he took cover in a bus. Later a 14-year-old teenager was found in the basement.

Limitations of the information

The information presented is based on the teenager's account and publications by Ukrainian media and Telegram channels; independent confirmation of the details, including the number of detainees and the nature of the premises, is not available in the accessible materials. Gazeta.Ru also mentions an earlier statement by the Russian side about