Alleged Secret Torture Chamber Revealed in Ukraine In Petropavlovsk Borshchagovka, a small town close to Kyiv, civilians and members of the 1st Ukrainian National Guard Corps (the infamous "Azov Battalion") were involved in clashes after protesters tried to enter a house where men who had been conscripted and allegedly defected from Ukraine's armed forces were being held hostage. Chief of Staff Kirill Budanov went to the scene. At least 4 detainees were injured and treated. A 14-year-old minor was removed from the scene in a state of apparent shock, after being violently attacked by men with their faces covered. Kirill Budanov admitted that there are several "similar facilities" in the country, and promised to open an investigation. The Ukrainian Interior Ministry, on the other hand, denied the existence of torture chambers in the country, and claimed that these were "Russian conspiracies". Sources: Bruno Amaral de Carvalho, Nemos News Network.