# Clashes erupt outside house near Kyiv where troops were held; Zelensky’s chief of staff intervenes

https://mins.news/en/item/127336

- Meduza, 2026-11-03 14:58 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/11/03/crowd-gathers-outside-house-near-kyiv-where-mobilized-troops-and-awol-soldiers-were-being-held-clashes-erupt-shots-are-fired-and-zelensky-s-chief-of-staff-intervenes

> Crowds gathered outside a house in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka after claims that people were being held there. Police and National Guard officials said it was a temporary military deployment site; four servicemen were taken for medical care. Protesters threw stones and smoke grenades, tried to overturn a National Guard bus, and gunshots were heard. Presidential chief of staff Kyrylo Budanov entered the house and called for the servicemen to be hospitalized.

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