In brief
On November 2, the court‑legal newspaper Судово‑юридична газета reported gunfire and the allegation that about 25 people are being held in a private house in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka, an area near Kiev. Earlier TASS coverage from July 2014 described similar tensions, with law enforcement opening fire after protesters attempted to storm the fence surrounding a house that housed National Guard servicemen and newly mobilized men.
Eyewitnesses in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka near Kiev say gunfire erupted near a private house where about 25 people are allegedly being held, according to a 5‑hour‑old report from the court‑legal newspaperSudovo‑Yuridichna Gazeta ("People are being taken from a house in Petropavlivska…"; report dated 5 hours ago).
That day, the same article noted that the incident has escalated into a shooting after protests clashed with law‑enforcement, which had been reported by the outlet as a “violent phase.”
Earlier coverage from TASS on July 17, 2014, described a firefight near a house in the same community where Ukrainian law‑enforcement officers opened gunfire after protesters tried to break a fence and damaged a police bus. The TASS story highlighted a video of the gunfire, the protest’s escalation, and the arrival of special forces at the scene.
Both sources report that the house’s basement was used to hold conscripts and deserters. TASS quoted the head of National Guard, Alexander Pivnenko, who stated that the private house in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka “is a temporary deployment site for a National Guard unit,” where newly mobilized men have their documents processed before being sent to training centers.
Pivnenko also said that an internal investigation would follow an incident of a spinal fracture sustained by a man in the facility, and that the unit should move to a different location now that the site had become known.
The 2014 report mentioned that an ambulance had taken four injured men to a hospital—one in serious condition—after protests and tear gas were used against residents who tried to break the gate. It also noted that the police later confirmed that the building housed National Guard servicemen.
In contrast, the 2026 report from Sudovo‑Yuridichna Gazeta only gives the number of people allegedly detained, stating that about 25 are present and implying an ongoing situation that is still developing.
