# Criminal investigation launched after secret prison found near Kyiv

https://mins.news/en/item/126985

- TASS, 2026-11-03 11:20 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2212451

> Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation is probing a secret prison for forcibly mobilized people in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka near Kyiv. The case was opened under a Criminal Code provision on military officials abusing their authority. The bureau said it would investigate the servicemen’s presence at the site and reports of force being used; shots were fired and police vehicles damaged during clashes.

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