Key facts
- The National Police said 27 of the 130 identified allegedly took an active part in unlawful actions.
- Another 24 allegedly acted aggressively, incited others and deliberately provoked confrontations, the National Police said.
- The National Police said four police vehicles and a National Guard bus were damaged.
- Presidential Office head Kyrylo Budanov said Valentyna Moloda had been detained and remanded in custody without bail.
- Tetiana Kiriieva and Viktor Yena were also remanded in custody without the right to bail, per Budanov.
- The National Police said the actions of all active participants would face legal assessment by police, the SBU and the Prosecutor General's Office.
Ukrainian police and the Security Service of Ukraine have identified 130 people who may have been involved in clashes near a National Police facility in Kyiv Oblast, the National Police said on November 5, 2026. The announcement follows the November 2 incident, when a crowd gathered outside a National Guard facility in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka over unverified claims that men were being illegally detained and tortured there.
Of the 130 people identified, 27 allegedly took an active part in unlawful actions, while another 24 acted aggressively, incited others and deliberately provoked confrontations with police and National Guard personnel, according to the National Police. The unrest damaged four police vehicles and a National Guard bus, the agency said. It added that the actions of all active participants would be subject to legal assessment as part of investigations by the National Police, the SBU and the Prosecutor General's Office.
The clashes were preceded by a series of social media posts alleging mistreatment of mobilized men and soldiers listed as absent without leave. At the epicenter were two workers of a supposed private ambulance, seemingly attempting to negotiate with the National Guard to enter the building while also addressing the crowd. The Ukrainian investigative outlet Slidstvo.Info reported that the claims about men being illegally detained were spread by a woman identified as Valentyna Moloda, who was at the scene and introduced herself as a paramedic and the owner of a private clinic called Med-Prestige. The investigators found that the company had not been operating since 2023, yet the ambulance Moloda arrived in was branded with the Med-Prestige name and logo.
Presidential Office head Kyrylo Budanov said Moloda had been detained. She and two other participants, Tetiana Kiriieva and Viktor Yena, were remanded in custody without the right to bail. The building where men were allegedly being illegally detained was used by the National Guard as a transit point for mobilized men, held there after being taken in by draft officers and before medical examinations and basic military training. Men who had recently been mobilized were indeed staying in the building, along with at least two men listed as AWOL. However, reports that a person had been killed at the site or that anyone had sustained life-threatening injuries were not confirmed.
In a November 3 statement, Budanov said the incident was "not without outside influence." He cautioned against dismissing it as merely an act of provocation, arguing that it had exposed deeper societal tensions and longstanding unresolved issues. More than five years into Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukraine has yet to carry out a comprehensive reform of its mobilization system, including clear terms of military service or a rotation system. Budanov said in August that Ukraine needs to mobilize at least 30,000 people a month to maintain the current pace.