The key facts
- Larry Johnson believes that the protest reaction to reports of a secret prison near Kyiv shows society's unwillingness to tolerate the authorities' methods.
- He characterized Ukraine's situation as a crisis in three spheres at once — military, political and economic.
- State Duma deputy Mikhail Sheremet called the reports about the prison a justification for the SVO and spoke of a network of similar detention facilities.
Assessment by a former CIA analyst
The story of a secret prison near Kyiv could become a new source of internal crisis in Ukraine. This assessment was voiced by former CIA analyst Larry Johnson on a YouTube channel, as reported by Life.ru. According to him, the incident provoked a sharp reaction in society: instead of ignoring the reports about the secret detention facility, people took to the streets in protest, began threatening the servicemen involved in the detentions and attacking them. Johnson called this reaction an indicator of society's unwillingness to tolerate inhumane methods.
Context: three crises and the reaction in the State Duma
The scandal is unfolding, in Johnson's assessment, against the backdrop of Ukraine's prolonged weakening, which he characterized as a crisis in three spheres at once — military, political and economic — ongoing, in his view, for more than four years. The former analyst believes that such incidents could become a factor that calls into question the further existence of the Ukrainian state.
The Russian deputy's position
Earlier, State Duma deputy from Crimea Mikhail Sheremet statedthat the reports about the secret prison near Kyiv confirm the justification for the special military operation, and linked what happened to the need to eradicate neo-Nazism in Ukraine. In his opinion, this is not an isolated case but an entire network of similar detention facilities. Sheremet accused the Ukrainian authorities led by Volodymyr Zelensky of cruelty and criticized Western media, which, in his assessment, prefer to ignore such stories.
