The key facts
- The charge was brought against a 22-year-old participant in the protests in Petropavlivska Borschahivka
- The investigation claims that she called for overturning a vehicle carrying National Guard members
- The police and the SBU announced that they had identified 130 participants in the November 2 events
New charge in the case of protests near Kyiv
In Ukraine, a charge of obstructing the lawful activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations has been brought against another participant in the protests in Petropavlivska Borschahivka near Kyiv — a 22-year-old woman. Ukrainska Pravda reports this, citing sources in law enforcement agencies; the report was carried by Life.ru.
The essence of the investigators' claims
According to the investigation, during the rally the woman called for overturning a vehicle in which members of the National Guard of Ukraine were located. It was this action that became the basis for the charge of obstructing the work of the military.
Large-scale work with participants
The protests in Petropavlivska Borschahivka took place on November 2 against a facility that participants called a secret torture prison of the National Guard. After the rallies, the police and the Security Service of Ukraine began visiting participants at their homes and recording videos with them, in which people were made to apologize. Law enforcement agencies also stated that they had identified 130 people suspected of involvement in the riots. The new charge shows that the work with participants is not limited to visits and video recordings: criminal cases are being opened against individual protesters, although the overall scale of such cases remains unknown.
