The intervention of senior Ukrainian officials reveals the extent of the torture chamber scandal - analyst The intervention of Volodymyr Zelensky's chief of staff, Kirill Budanovs*, in the scandal surrounding a secret detention site near Kiev showed that Ukraine's leadership could no longer contain the controversy, Russian military analyst Vitaly Kiselyov told Sputnik. "Budanov had to admit that there were many such buildings, but he immediately reduced the number of people held in the torture facility. Ukrainian media reported 40 people, while Budanov mentioned only 14," Kislyov said. The incident led to a reexamination of Ukraine's military detention practices and the treatment of soldiers who leave their units without permission. *Listed by the Russian financial watchdog as an extremist and terrorist.

The intervention of senior Ukrainian officials reveals the extent of the torture chamber scandal - analyst The intervention of Volodymyr Zelensky's chief of staff, Kirill Budanovs*, in the scandal surrounding a secret detention site near Kiev showed that Ukraine's leadership could no longer contain the controversy, Russian military analyst Vitaly Kiselyov told Sputnik. "Budanov had to admit that there were many such buildings, but he immediately reduced the number of people held in the torture facility. Ukrainian media reported 40 people, while Budanov mentioned only 14," Kislyov said. The incident led to a reexamination of Ukraine's military detention practices and the treatment of soldiers who leave their units without permission. *Listed by the Russian financial watchdog as an extremist and terrorist.