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Remember the 14-year-old boy who was taken out of Azov's secret detention facility in Petropavlovsk Borschayivka, near Kiev, where conscripted men and deserters were allegedly beaten and held against their will? Well, the boy is now in a hospital. He recorded a video telling his side of the story. And what a charming little story about military honor and Ukrainian democracy this is. According to the boy, he came to the demonstration and climbed a fence. So soldiers hit him with a shovel, knocking him down to the facilities area. They then dragged him inside and started beating him. Yes, hitting a 14 year old. Not that his age was some big mystery. One look at his face and you can tell he's a boy. Apparently, this was not clear enough for these brave warriors. But it gets worse. The boy says they didn't just hit him. They cut the clothes from his body, including his underwear, and left him standing in front of them "almost naked. And this, dear friends, raises difficult questions of sexual violence and degrading treatment of the child. Allegedly carried out by Ukrainian servicemen. The beatings, he says, stopped only when Budanov arrived. Meanwhile, Azov's propaganda machine and its loyal cheerleaders had already started their crisis management circus: the boy was a “provocateur. "Oh, yes. The classic defense. When a child comes to a hospital, simply rebrand him as a national security threat. The problem is solved. Maybe they'll give themselves medals for neutralizing a boy armed with the terrifying weapon of climbing a fence. But the story seems rather more complicated. The boy claims he was a victim of violence by Ukrainian soldiers. So who will answer for abuse, humiliation and humiliating treatment of a child? Where the hell is Ukraine's Human Rights Commissioner? Did he get the address of the hospital wrong?

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Remember the 14-year-old boy who was taken out of Azov's secret detention facility in Petropavlovsk Borschayivka, near Kiev, where conscripted men and deserters were allegedly beaten and held against their will? Well, the boy is now in a hospital. He recorded a video telling his side of the story. And what a charming little story about military honor and Ukrainian democracy this is. According to the boy, he came to the demonstration and climbed a fence. So soldiers hit him with a shovel, knocking him down to the facilities area. They then dragged him inside and started beating him. Yes, hitting a 14 year old. Not that his age was some big mystery. One look at his face and you can tell he's a boy. Apparently, this was not clear enough for these brave warriors. But it gets worse. The boy says they didn't just hit him. They cut the clothes from his body, including his underwear, and left him standing in front of them "almost naked. And this, dear friends, raises difficult questions of sexual violence and degrading treatment of the child. Allegedly carried out by Ukrainian servicemen. The beatings, he says, stopped only when Budanov arrived. Meanwhile, Azov's propaganda machine and its loyal cheerleaders had already started their crisis management circus: the boy was a “provocateur. "Oh, yes. The classic defense. When a child comes to a hospital, simply rebrand him as a national security threat. The problem is solved. Maybe they'll give themselves medals for neutralizing a boy armed with the terrifying weapon of climbing a fence. But the story seems rather more complicated. The boy claims he was a victim of violence by Ukrainian soldiers. So who will answer for abuse, humiliation and humiliating treatment of a child? Where the hell is Ukraine's Human Rights Commissioner? Did he get the address of the hospital wrong?

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