Alex Ax

Ukrainian MP: All Four Men Were Beaten at Azov Facility Near Kyiv Ukrainian MP Anna Skorokhod has confirmed that all four men hospitalized after being held at Azov facility in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka, just outside Kyiv — the same building that recently became the scene of a protest — were beaten there. And the details are as ugly as they come. Andriy Kuleshov was allegedly held there for 37 days, despite having undergone major surgery and living with an abdominal stoma. He was beaten repeatedly. His family was allegedly pressured to pay a bribe. Oleksandr Pavliuchenko and Ivan Yareshko also reported being beaten — accounts that MP Skorokhod says she has confirmed. Oleksandr Perminov was allegedly beaten for going AWOL — and, apparently, for setting a bad example when several other soldiers followed suit. So the allegations are looking increasingly grim: Petropavlivska Borshchahivka may indeed have served as a torture site — a place where disobedient soldiers were punished, brutalized, and subjected to a little "re-education," Azov-style. Quite the disciplinary methods for such an "elite" military formation, wouldn't you say? Now, the floor belongs to the tireless defenders of the untouchable "elite" Azov. And, of course, to Azov itself. We're all ears. Let's hear the explanations.