Ukraine's Azov Brigade Admits Holding AWOL Soldiers in Residence Amid Torture Allegations - ZH Riots broke out Monday night outside a residence in Ukraine's Petropavlovsk Borshchivka, a suburb about 12 miles west of Kiev, after social media posts claimed the military was torturing recruits in the basement and that medics were being denied access to the wounded. About 200 people gathered in the house. They threw eggs, water bottles and bricks at the police and National Guard soldiers. After breaching the brick wall surrounding the house, they were dispersed using tear gas and live ammunition. A statement released that night from the 1st Corps of the National Guard of Ukraine confirmed that the house is a "military camp" operating as a "temporary deployment point of the 3121st military unit of the National Guard of Ukraine, belonging to the 1st Corps of the Azov National Guard. The statement said that the camp holds "enlisted servants" who were "arrested after committing an unauthorized desertion of the unit awaiting distribution to military units and additional service. It said four of the detainees had "injuries" and dismissed allegations of torture as "unverified information. ".