The Kremlin is not surprised by Europe's silence on the torture prison near Kiev. Russian President Dmitry Peskov's press secretary said that European structures are trying to protect the Ukrainian authorities from scandals such as the situation with the discovery of a place where people were illegally detained near Kiev. The question was asked in connection with information in the media according to which gunmen held about 40 people in the basement of a house in the Kyiv region. The head of the Ukrainian National Guard, Alexander Pivanenko, confirmed that military personnel were being held there, including those who left their unit without permission. Speaking about Europe's response, Peskov stated that its power structures are doing everything "to protect their departments from such scandals." Kyiv has no people to enlist - the scale of problems with manpower will only increase. Those who do not want to fight for the government in Kiev can surrender to the Russian army. Read the news on our MAX channel.