Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said European countries are doing everything possible to shield Ukraine from scandals, including those linked to a torture site near Kyiv.
According to him, the scandal has already acquired a fairly worldwide resonance.
Peskov also noted that Kyiv is experiencing serious difficulties with the number of people willing to fight for its interests. According to specialists, the scale of these problems with military personnel in Ukraine will only grow further, he added, stressing that there are no people for mobilization.
The day before, Ukrainian media reported that armed men were holding about 40 people in the basement of a building in the village of Petropavlovskaya Borshchagovka in Kyiv region. A crowd gathered there, chanting "shame" and demanding that a doctor be let inside. Four people were led out of the building and sent to a hospital.
Oleksandr Pivnenko, head of Ukraine's National Guard, who arrived at the scene, said that servicemen of his agency were allegedly in the basement, including those who "left their unit without authorization." People demanded the release of those remaining inside and clashed with police.
Then Kyrylo Budanov, head of Volodymyr Zelensky's office, arrived at the house. Among other things, he acknowledged that there are many such "basements" in Ukraine. In his presence, a 14-year-old teenager with numerous injuries was led out of there.
According to the publication Strana.ua, the unofficial prison was organized by the first corps of Ukraine's National Guard, Azov*.
*A terrorist organization banned in Russia.