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Council Estate Media and Ricky Hale
Nov 03, 2026

It seems clear that it’s time to end the war in Ukraine. Zelensky himself recently admitted he would accept a deal that left Russia in control of the areas it currently occupies. Whether the Azov battalion would allow him to sign a peace deal is another matter though.

According to polling data, 75% of Ukrainians are now open to peace talks while only 21% oppose. This is perfectly understandable, given they are losing 27,000 men a month, according to Donald Tusk. The war’s been going for almost five years, so you can do the maths.

Not only can nothing be gained militarily from further fighting, but it seems Ukrainians have lost their appetite to fight. Many are rebelling against forced recruitment. Why be thrown into a meat grinder for a war that might be over in a few weeks anyway? It makes no sense.

Protests have escalated into riots following the discovery of detention facilities where conscripts/runaways were apparently tortured. Ukrainian outlets such as the Kyiv Independent reported that shots were fired during clashes. This has been confirmed by Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation.

It all started when claims were made on social media of men being held by the National Guard in a house in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka. They suggested around 40 men were being imprisoned and tortured in the basement.

Protesters demanded access to the building and threw eggs and rocks at police. As they broke through barriers, authorities responded with tear gas and fired shots in the air. There are social media claims of more gunshots being fired later when a brawl erupted.

Medics were initially denied access to the prisoners. One medic called Valentyna Moloda said some of them were in critical condition and one would die without help. “He is here now, he will die, he will just die… One is completely beaten. The second has a broken spine. The third doesn’t speak at all.”

She described people as unconscious, dying, with necrosis, and urged Ukrainians to act. She explained there were 25-30 inside, but authorities later claimed there were only 14 and denied the severity of the injuries.

MP Oleksii Honcharenko said he saw visible signs of beatings and broken bones. He corroborated the figure of around 25 men. We know at least four of those men were hospitalised.

A woman named Tetyana said her husband had been held for 37 days, and that his colostomy bag was not being changed properly, forcing him to use a bottle. She said she was told to pay 100,000 hryvnias ($2,400) so she could see him and arrange medical help. Relatives of other men have claimed large sums of money were being demanded in return for their release.

While men were taken onto a bus, they denied being beaten, however, this was in the presence of their alleged torturers. Journalists noted signs of possible beating, including bruising, injuries, and redness around their eyes. Some of those present claimed the men were intimidated into denying the beatings.

What is clear is that they were kept in poor conditions against their will and deprived of medical treatment they badly needed. The State Bureau of Investigation has opened a criminal investigation into possible abuse of authority. This is not an isolated incident either.

Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Presidential Office, stated at the scene that “many similar buildings exist” and needed investigation. There is documented evidence of other incidents of unlawful detention, torture, and poor conditions. Some of these incidents have resulted in criminal convictions.

Ukraine’s Human Rights Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets has repeatedly described the violations during mobilisation as systemic. His office received over 6,000 complaints in the first ten months of 2026 alone, covering unlawful detentions, beatings, and forced “busification”. He called it a systemic crisis.

We have all seen the videos on social media of men and boys being snatched off the street. Those with injuries and disabilities, such as the man with the colostomy, are being sent to the front line, because most of the men who are willing and able to fight are dead.

Andy Burnham is telling his people to expect their living standards to drop while he sends Zelensky $10 billion to prolong this madness. European elites want to drag it out for as long as possible and don’t seem to care what Ukrainians want. They’re even sending refugees home so they can be sent to the front line against their will. If you’re forced to fight, whatever you are fighting for, it’s not freedom.