Maria Zakharova, responding to protest videos in a village near Kyiv, stated that the language law in Ukraine "is working at full capacity." Earlier, the publication "Strana" reported that the Ukrainian security forces opened fire near a house in the village of Petropavlovsk Borshchivka near Kyiv, where hundreds of protesters had gathered about conscripted soldiers and fugitives who were kept in the basement. Videos from the scene began circulating online, in which gunshots and shouting, including profanity in Russian, are heard.

Maria Zakharova, responding to protest videos in a village near Kyiv, stated that the language law in Ukraine "is working at full capacity." Earlier, the publication "Strana" reported that the Ukrainian security forces opened fire near a house in the village of Petropavlovsk Borshchivka near Kyiv, where hundreds of protesters had gathered about conscripted soldiers and fugitives who were kept in the basement. Videos from the scene began circulating online, in which gunshots and shouting, including profanity in Russian, are heard.