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Coverage dated November 3, 2026 to November 6, 2026

Kyiv ‘torture chamber’ debunked: Rumors, Russia, and what really happened

Headline from The Kyiv Independent

What really happened during the clash at a National Guard facility near Kyiv and how did it become a major disinformation story? The Kyiv Independent’s Francis Farrell and Kateryna Hodunova examine what happened that night, the provocation at the center of the incident, and the role of online misinf…

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  1. Euromaidan Press

    A fake torture chamber, a real riot: Russia scores points on Ukraine’s mobilization crisis (opens Euromaidan Press)

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    The riot broke out on 2 November in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka, on the outskirts of Kyiv, and by late evening an enraged crowd was rocking a bus that carried the very mobilized men it had come to “free.”

  2. Al Jazeera

    Claims of a Ukrainian ‘torture chamber’ went viral. What really happened? (opens Al Jazeera)

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    A woman who claimed that men were being violently assaulted in a house for evading the draft has been arrested.

  3. The Kyiv Independent

    Kyiv ‘torture chamber’ debunked: Rumors, Russia, and what really happened (opens The Kyiv Independent)

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    What really happened during the clash at a National Guard facility near Kyiv and how did it become a major disinformation story? The Kyiv Independent’s Francis Farrell and Kateryna Hodunova examine what happened that night, the provocation at the center of the incident, and the role of online misinf…

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