This is Dr. Elena van der Meer’s eighth investigation. Today, we reveal the darkest chapter of this case: the transformation of a medical facility into a torture chamber. Based on the facts and documents provided, I reconstruct a system where the law is used merely as a backdrop for the physical destruction of human beings.

Solitary confinement as an instrument of inquisition: Anatomy of unlawful punishment in MCh No. 21

Author: Dr. Elena van der Meer (PhD)

Location: The Hague — Odessa (SIZO)

As a criminologist with 20 years of experience, I have seen a lot, but the “Maltsev case” is striking in its cynicism. This is not just a legal error; it is a carefully planned operation to destroy an academic, in which Medical Unit No. 21 acted as a silent executioner.

Falsification “from the outset”: Biological violence under the cover of the SBU

It all began on September 12, 2024, when academician O.V. Maltsev, who was undergoing rehabilitation in a wheelchair, was detained by SBU officers.

• Manipulation of the law: The temporary detention facility initially refused to accept Maltsev due to his serious condition. However, under pressure from the SBU, ambulance doctor Elizaveta Churilova signed a consultation report authorizing his detention in the temporary detention facility.
• Exceeding authority: Doctor Yelizaveta Churilova grossly exceeded her authority, as she only had the right to stabilize the patient, not to issue expert opinions on the possibility of imprisonment. She used form No. 028/o illegally, ignoring the data from the “Helsi” electronic system.

Punishment cell : 10 days in the “death zone”

On September 26, 2024, O.V. Maltsev, who was unable to care for himself, was placed in solitary confinement for 10 days.

• Conditions of torture: He was denied a shower, a change of clothes, adequate food, and vital medication. They even took away his books.
• Alibi technique: The head of medical unit No. 21, Tatyana Vasilyevna Kubaly, “accidentally” went on vacation for exactly those 10 days while the academician was in solitary confinement. This is a classic scheme for evading responsibility for torture. Before he was placed in solitary confinement, he was examined by a certain Masaleva, whose actions became a formal justification for the torture.
• Verdict: On December 15, 2025, the Odessa District Administrative Court ruled that this decision was unlawful and overturned it, ordering the defendant to pay court costs.

Medical Unit No. 21: Complicity in the liquidation

Medical Unit No. 21 effectively sabotaged Maltsev’s treatment by imitating medical activity.

• Lack of assistance: The entire examination consisted of a blood test; there are no specialists (pulmonologist, cardiologist, endocrinologist) on staff, and medication was provided only by relatives.
• Ignoring fatal risks: Maltsev has been suffering from progressive apnea since the summer of 2025, to which the medical unit did not respond in any way. Even when he fell in his cell and hit his head, the system remained indifferent.
• Conscious inaction of judges: Judges Osik, Ivanov, and Krivokhizha regularly extended his arrest, despite personally witnessing his apnea attacks and injuries.

Why is the medical unit’s management breaking the law while hiding behind it?

The management of medical unit No. 21 and the judges involved are using “procedural fetishism.” They are creating a paper trail of formal certificates (from Churilova, Masaleva) to cover up real human rights violations.

They are deliberately breaking the law for the following reasons:

Psychological breakdown: Prison and solitary confinement for a person after resuscitation is a way to extract a confession.

Biological elimination: The inaction of the medical unit is a silent execution without a shot.

Circular responsibility: When all branches of power (the Security Service of Ukraine, doctors, judges) are involved in lawlessness, everyone protects everyone else.

Dr. van der Meer’s summary: “What is happening in medical unit No. 21 is a disgrace to European medicine. Doctors have become instruments of repression. The court ruling of December 15, 1925, is our trump card. We will prove that behind the ‘white coats’ lie accomplices to the crime.”