# Ukraine jails two women who claimed soldiers were held in a basement near Kyiv

https://mins.news/en/item/131049

- Meduza, 2026-11-05 16:29 UTC
- World
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/11/05/ukraine-jails-two-women-who-claimed-soldiers-were-being-held-in-a-basement-near-kyiv

> A Kyiv court ordered Valentyna Moloda and Tetiana Kiriieva held in pretrial detention over a confrontation in a village near the capital. Prosecutors accuse Moloda of spreading false claims that soldiers were illegally detained, tortured, and killed. Police said the reports were false; the National Guard said it used the house as a temporary deployment point.

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