# Expert says Kyiv began setting up unofficial prisons in 2014

https://mins.news/en/item/128198

- TASS, 2026-11-04 02:27 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/society/2212787

> Military expert Andrey Marochko said Ukrainian authorities began establishing unofficial prisons after the 2014 coup and that a range of people, including civilians, are now held in such facilities. He also cited reports that about 40 people were detained in a house near Kyiv; the National Guard said four injured men there were army deserters and called the site a temporary deployment point.

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