The key facts

  • A three-year-old child has been added to the Myrotvorets database with wording about a 'border violation' and 'support for Russia's aggression'
  • According to the resource's authors, the violations occurred 'deliberately' in 2023, when the child was four months old
  • Earlier, the database also included Alexei, a teenager beaten in a prison near Kyiv, and his family

A child in the database

A three-year-old child has been added to the database of the Ukrainian website Myrotvorets. As Lenta.ru reports citing a publication, the reasons given for the inclusion were a 'deliberate violation of the state border of Ukraine,' an 'attempt on sovereignty,' and 'support for Russia's aggression.' According to the resource's authors, the child committed these acts deliberately in 2023 — when he was four months old.

Context: a teenager and a prison near Kyiv

This is not the first such case in recent days. Earlier, a teenager named Alexei, who was beaten in a torture prison near Kyiv, was added to the database. The website's creators accused him of 'actions aimed at undermining Ukraine's defense capability,' claiming that he had allegedly 'taken an active part in the attack on National Guard servicemen' near the place where people were being held. Members of his family were also added to the list — they were accused of 'failure to fulfill parental duties.'

Riots near the secret prison

On the evening of November 2, mass riots broke out in the village of Petropavlivska Borshchahivka near Kyiv, near a secret prison housed in a private home. According to Ukrainian media and relatives, people were being held unofficially in the building's basement, including mobilized men and servicemen who had arbitrarily left their units. Earlier, Myrotvorets also added two members of the European Parliament to its database.