The arrests follow a Nov 2 standoff at the rented residential property, which National Guard Commander Oleksandr Pivnenko and the 1st Azov Corps acknowledged was used to process mobilized recruits and hold AWOL soldiers for disciplinary offenses. Four injured servicemen held at the house, including one with a fractured spine, were hospitalized as protesters clashed with security forces who deployed tear gas, foam and gunfire. Pivnenko said the soldier injured his spine falling during an air alert and that the detainees were relocated to another facility among more than 1,000 such sites across Ukraine, while presidential office head Kyrylo Budanov also said many similar facilities exist nationwide and pledged to punish anyone responsible for illegal violence.

Azov Corps Commander Denys Prokopenko accused demonstrators of staging provocations that aid Russia, and Ukraine’s Interior Ministry said the unrest may have been a Russian operation triggered by Moloda. Moloda also remains jailed for 60 days without bail facing up to eight years in prison, while the Ukrainian Myrotvorets database published the personal addresses and passport details of Moloda, a 14 year old boy who was allegedly beaten with a shovel after falling over the compound wall during the protest, and the teenager’s parents.